Tech Specs - PlateSpin Forge

Overview

PlateSpin Forge is a consolidated recovery hardware appliance that protects physical and virtual servers (operating systems, middleware, and data) by using embedded virtualization technology. If there is a production server outage or disaster, servers can be rapidly powered on within the PlateSpin Forge recovery environment and continue to run as normal until the production environment is restored.

For detailed version information, see the PlateSpin Forge support technical information links below:

Version 11.3 ›

Version 11.2 ›

Version 11.1 ›

Technical information

Supported operating systems

Microsoft Windows Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Open Enterprise Server
Oracle Enterprise Linux
CentOS

Web interface access

Most of your interaction with the appliance takes place through the browser-based PlateSpin Forge Web Interface. Supported web browsers are Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox.

Hardware specifications, PlateSpin Forge 700 Series

Processors:
2 x 10-core (20-thread) Intel Xeon Silver 4114 CPU @ 2.2 GHz (Turbo: 3.0 GHz)

Memory (RAM):
128 GB (16 GB x 8) User-expandable to 768 GB

Storage reserved for system software:
300 GB

Storage available for backups:
Over 20 TB

Gigabit Ethernet Cards:
6

Dual-channel Fibre Channel card (4 Gbps, 300 iops):
Optional

RAID controller:
Yes, RAID 6

Remote Access Card (DRAC):
Yes

DVD-ROM drive:
No

Redundant power supplies:
Yes

Rails and cable management arm:
Yes

Rack-mount form factor:
2U

Hardware warranty

Micro Focus has contracted with Dell to provide broken hardware replacement (ProSupport) services through their global network of qualified technicians, ensuring fast, efficient and worldwide warranty service—and this for the duration of five years after the purchase of a PlateSpin Forge system. Details about this program can be found in the PlateSpin Forge Getting Started Guide that ships with each appliance. To learn more about ProSupport services, visit www.dell.com/prosupport.

Documentation

PlateSpin Forge documentation ›