Acronis Makes Server Migration Speedy, Accurate and Simple

The P2V and virtual machine imaging and migration market just got a little more crowded. Acronis, Inc. announced the launch of Acronis FullCircle, a software application that allows IT organizations to move an entire server’s data seamlessly to and from physical and virtual servers.

FullCircle is based on FAST (Fast Accurate Simple Transmission) engine technology that enables users to migrate and convert data seamlessly between physical and virtual environments. This “virtually aware” technology automatically customizes the data being migrated to its new environment. FullCircle works with multiple operating systems, including Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Linux, and a variety of hardware and virtual servers on the market.

Acronis FullCircle provides:

• Virtual Environment Flexibility – FullCircle supports multiple hardware platforms and operating systems, including both 32 and 64-bit servers and VMWare, Microsoft and Parallels virtual environments

• FAST (Fast Accurate Simple Transmission) engine – The conversion and migration engine was designed specifically for such physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-physical conversions. The engine is fully integrated with the Acronis disk imaging technology and can migrate systems to dissimilar hardware

• Fully customizable – FullCircle’s wizard-based controls allow users to customize the migration process and migrate an entire system or specific files to another server

• Minimal disruption – With FullCircle, IT has the option of migrating either live data or data at rest with either an on-line or off-line migration

• Historic Data Retrieval – FullCircle is currently the only product that allows users to migrate historic data. Used in conjunction with Acronis True Image, which takes a snapshot of a server for backup purposes, Acronis FullCircle can take the backup image and migrate that to a new server

• Speed – Since Acronis FullCircle automatically modifies data to meet the criteria of its new environments, migration times are reduced from days to hours and hours to minutes

• Ease of Use – The wizard-based controls driving Acronis FullCircle enable IT directors to delegate the migration process to less skilled data center employees, which frees ups senior personnel for more strategic assignments

Acronis FullCircle complements the existing Acronis line of storage, backup and disaster recovery products. Once data has been moved from server to server with Acronis FullCircle, organizations can continue to backup and restore both their physical and virtual servers using Acronis True Image.

Pricing was not yet available but will be announced when the product ships in volume.