AutoVirt Announces AutoMove Windows Data Migration Software

AutoVirt, Inc., provider of Windows data migration solutions, announced the general availability of AutoMove software version 1.0. By leveraging advanced file storage virtualization technology, AutoMove, the industry’s first continuous data migration (CDM) solution, allows IT management to fully automate the data migration function across its entire Windows environment. By automating this process, IT management benefits from consistently optimized storage resources and the resulting dramatic decrease in capital and operational expenditures (CapEx and OpEx).

                            Migration Path Comparison

"It amazes me that even in this day and age, file data is often kept statically in a file server even if migrating that data to another file server would be beneficial from a performance, cost and management perspective. The simple reason for this is that file migration is still a painful, disruptive and often a manual process," said Arun Taneja, founder and senior analyst, Taneja Group. "AutoVirt makes the challenges being faced around transparent Windows file migration a thing of the past. Especially in these trying times, customers will find using AutoMove defers expenses and improves performance, a combination that is hard to argue with."

"The ROI is massive and undeniable," said Josh Klein, president and CEO, AutoVirt. "At virtually the push of a button, AutoMove allows our customers to migrate their unstructured data anywhere within their network-attached storage (NAS) environment. This enables them to maximize utilization of their assets and defer additional storage expenditures for extended periods of time."

As a native extension of any Windows file environment,
AutoVirt AutoMove helps customers to:

• Inventory: AutoMove performs an automated inventory of physical and/or virtual server domains.
• Virtualize: AutoVirt’s file virtualization capabilities transform the physical client-server connection to a virtual client-server relationship. This change allows customers to move data to various servers, without limitation or client disruptions. All client network mappings remain unchanged. AutoMove’s global namespace resolves all client redirects to the new storage device. Virtualization is the key enabler of transparent migration of online data.
• Automate Windows Data Migration: AutoVirt’s insertion into a customer’s environment and subsequent data migration operations are completely transparent to clients. The client network mappings remain static while AutoMove resolves any network requests that target new storage locations. Implementation is out-of-band, eliminating the associated cost and added latency of an in-band solution. AutoMove is software-only – no appliances or software agents need to be installed in the environment.
• Manage and Monitor: Comprehensive monitoring and management capabilities, via an intuitive policy wizard, help customers to supervise ongoing operations across the entire Windows environment, identify and quickly resolve potential issues, as well as immediately validate the success of each migration.

AutoMove is now generally available directly from the AutoVirt Website at a starting price of just $10,000, and it can be installed and fully operational in under an hour.