Double-Take Flex Version 3.1

Double-Take Software announced the release of Double-Take Flex version 3.1, which will provide users with beneficial new features, including support for hot desking, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and segregated data storage.

Double-Take Flex is an easy-to-use and cost-effective solution that allows multiple desktops or servers to boot from a centralised image repository stored on SAN-based storage or NAS to increase administrator control and security, while reducing the cost of management.

Double-Take Flex allows companies to better manage IT workloads in the face of rising costs associated with desktop and server provisioning and management. Double-Take Flex customers include the U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Commerce, Mojave Water District, Palm Beach County Health District and City of Lodi.

New Features in Double-Take Flex 3.1

• Support for Hot Desking – Hot desking uses the Double-Take Flex NOMAD architecture to allow users to easily boot their workloads from one machine to another and take advantage of shared image capabilities. This feature is independent from a machine and can be implemented on any virtual or physical machine within a single location.
• Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 – This support allows users to have a disaster recovery and business continuity plan in place while enjoying the benefits of increased reliability and flexibility for their server and desktop infrastructures.
• Support for Segregated Data Storage – A user’s unique data is stored separately from the group’s boot image, allowing Double-Take Flex to update the shared boot image without overwriting an individual’s unique data. This feature provides significant data de-duplication by maintaining one shared boot image instead of a boot image for each user.
• Optional Add-On – Double-Take Flex also provides administrators the option of using RES Software’s PowerFuse User Workspace Delivery Software to keep track of user’s unique profile changes independent of the master boot image.

Bob Roudebush, director of solutions engineering at Double-Take Software said: “This new version of Double-Take Flex provides our customers with enhanced features to make managing IT workloads, especially corporate desktops, easier and more streamlined. For example, using its unique shared boot image technology, Double-Take Flex now enables each user’s desktop experience to seamlessly follow them around from device to device, leveraging the existing technology investments they’ve already made.”