SanXfer V6.0 Software Supports Live (On-Line) Server and Data Migration

InQuinox, LLC, in the server and data migration space, announced the delivery of version 6.0 of SanXfer.

The  release extends platform coverage to allow for fast, Live (on-line) migrations of Windows servers to new hardware, and data from one storage platform to another. SanXfer software is a server and data migration utility which supports Physical-to-Physical (P2P), Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), V2P, local-to-SAN booting, FC booting, iSCSI booting, and VM support (VMware, Hyper-V, and Xen). The new functionality in version 6.0 adds the ability to migrate servers and data onto new server hardware or new storage while the servers and data are still being used.

“With the release of SanXfer 6.0, our customers can now perform Live migrations over the SAN or over IP. SanXfer customers have been requesting the Live migration feature so that SanXfer can completely replace their PlateSpin Migrate and Double-Take Move competitors due to their failing grades in product quality, functionality and support,” stated InQuinox CEO Brad Hargett. “The ability to perform live migrations over the SAN transforms SanXfer into a powerful and fast utility that will quickly become a valuable tool in every IT administrator’s toolbox.”
 
This new on-line functionality ensures that servers and storage can be reliably migrated while server and storage platforms are still running the company’s business.

“From a technology perspective, adding the Live functionality within SanXfer was a ‘no-brainer’ as most of the functionality was included in our early designs,” explained InQuinox VP of development, Mitchell Mikula. “With customer demand for on-line migrations so high, we engineered the remaining on-line functions into SanXfer 6.0, fulfilling our customers’ needs.”

The SanXfer 6.0 release retains the functionality to do performance, offline migrations and in keeping with SanXfer’s guiding principles of Fast, Easy and Reliable, the latest release allows anyone to migrate their servers and storage within minutes, either via the off-line or the new on-line approach.
 
Through this new on-line migration method, SanXfer customers have a complement of options when migrating servers from old to new, including file or block level data transports, scheduled migrations, and a variety of ‘synchronization’ options.

Within a single SanXfer installation, it is easy for an IT professional to migrate numbers of Linux or Windows servers. Large infrastructure upgrade projects can be easily managed with SanXfer.

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