5nine Software today announced 5nine P2V Planner for Microsoft Hyper-V, the first virtualization migration planning solution specifically designed for enterprise Hyper-V deployment projects.

"More and more businesses are looking to utilize Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology in their data centers to reduce costs and optimize resources, especially in challenging economic times. Successful virtualization initiatives require upfront planning and ongoing project assessment to measure and maximize the return on investment," said Dr. Konstantin Malkov, R&D Director of 5nine Software. "Today we are glad to announce the most comprehensive virtualization planning and assessment solution for Microsoft Hyper-V."

5nine P2V Planner offers the following features:

• Automated P2V Migration Planning - Performs sophisticated analysis of the current data center and provides multiple migration plans depending on particular enterprise requirements. Optimized placement of virtualized     workloads is based on business requirements, technology (memory, storage and CPU utilization, security) and TCO/ROI.
• Agentless Data Collection - Automatically discovers and collects hardware inventory, utilization data and application performance metrics in a non-intrusive manner without installing agents. It also allows importing this information from an Excel or XML file.
• Simple-to-Use - The product was designed to be used for projects of all sizes -- from small virtualization pilot or SMB projects to large enterprise projects with hundreds of servers, hosts and virtual machines (VMs).
• Comprehensive Reporting - P2V Planner creates a variety of technology assessment, workload and TCO/ROI reports for each migration plan, for easy comparison and decision making.
• Ongoing Value - Whether your P2V migration project is complete or ongoing, the Planner continues to provide value by optimizing the workloads and resource utilization in a virtualized data center.
     

The current version of the product supports Microsoft Hyper-V, while subsequent releases will support multiple virtualization platforms, as well as actual P2V conversion in accordance with the P2V migration plans created.

Availability

5nine P2V Planner for Microsoft Hyper-V is currently in beta and is scheduled to be released in Q2 2009. The beta download is available at www.5nine.com