JetStream Migrate Now Available

SAN JOSE, Calif. - July 25, 2018 - PRLog -- JetStream Software Inc., an innovator in cloud software development, today announced general availability (GA) of JetStream Migrate to facilitate the seamless live migration of enterprise virtual machines and their workloads from on-premises data centers to the cloud.

"Since we announced JetStream Migrate in April, we've been helping cloud service providers manage live migrations of their customers' workloads from on-premises VMware environments to VMware in the cloud," said Rich Petersen, president and co-founder, JetStream Software.  "Through close collaboration with our cloud service provider partners, we've learned a lot about their needs, and we've incorporated a great deal of their requirements into our new JetStream Migrate, now officially Generally Available."

Cloud Service Providers Told Us What They Wanted in a Migration Solution

Cloud service provider partners shared their requirements with JetStream Software:

• Workload migrations to the cloud must present minimal interruption to business operations. This includes downtime as VMs start up in the cloud, and it also includes minimizing any impact on application performance as data is replicated.

• Any technology deployed to the customer's data center must be lightweight, non-intrusive and play well with the customer's existing hardware and software infrastructure.

• Administrators want to be certain about their migrations: Before migration, they want to know how much time to schedule for data replication; during migration, they want real-time statistics, progress monitoring and incident alarms; after migration, they want verification of success, and they want any software deployed in their customer's data center uninstalled easily, with nothing left behind.

Based on VMware IO Filters

The core design of JetStream Migrate substantially addresses these requirements. By choosing a unique design — replicating data to the cloud through an IO Filter (based on VMware's vSphere APIs for IO Filtering) — the software enables VMs and applications to continue running on premises throughout the data replication process. Most importantly, it provides this live migration capability without extraneous components such as software agents in the VMs, virtual appliances, or data caches.

One more advantage of the IO Filter-based design: JetStream Migrate is certified VMware Ready.

Simplicity and Ease of Use — and With Powerful Features Too

Given the simplicity and compatibility of JetStream Migrate (https://www.jetstreamsoft.com/product-portfolio/migrate/) cloud service provider partners found it extremely easy to deploy and use for their customers' cloud migration projects. At the same time, JetStream Software learned a great deal from its partners, and much of their experience has gone into the more advanced features in today's new release. These features include:

Data Replication Estimation

"By far, this feature was the one where we got the most feedback," stated Petersen.

The JetStream Migrate IO filter initially runs in "observation mode" prior to data replication. By measuring network throughput and monitoring storage I/O over time, the application can show the administrator the time required for data replication for individual VMs or groups of VMs. Thanks to feedback from cloud service partners, prediction is integrated into the administrative workflow. When migrating to the cloud, you have to "look before you leap."

Live VM Migration with Data Transported via Device

Administrators were especially interested in JetStream Migrate's ability to support the transport of virtual disks on a physical device, allowing applications to continue running on-premises as the "data transport device" (DTD) is in transit. Newly written data is captured by the IO Filter and replicated over the network to the cloud destination and reconciled with the copied virtual disk when it arrives. This was especially important to cloud service providers supporting migrations for customers with many VMs, poor network connectivity or both.

Migration Orchestration and Automation for Individual VMs and VM Groups

By default, the administrator can schedule multiple individual VMs to migrate automatically, moving their data to the cloud and starting them up automatically, one after another. In addition, interdependent VMs can be selected for migration as a group, and the administrator can confirm the group is complete at the destination before allowing the VMs in the cloud to take over for the on-premises group.

Dual Backpressure Controls

If the data migration process runs "too hot," the high replication rate may place demands on resources at the on-premises data center. In this case, the administrator can throttle the replication rate to avoid negatively impacting application performance on-premises. Similarly, VM storage I/O can be controlled on-premises to avoid overwhelming a slow replication network link.

Runtime Statistics and Alarms

"As the saying goes, you can't manage what you don't measure," added Petersen. "The JetStream Migrate administrative interface presents current and historical statistics for the administrator. Data can be exported for reporting purposes. In addition, the administrator can configure notifications for any incident, such as an interruption to a migration in process or the completion of a migration task."

About JetStream Software

JetStream Software Inc. (http://www.jetstreamsoft.com/), an innovator in cloud software development, delivers the JetStream Cross-Cloud Platform, for next-generation cloud data management. The company gives cloud service providers (CSPs) and Fortune 500 enterprise clouds a better way to support workload migration, resource elasticity, and business continuity across multi-cloud and multi-data center infrastructures. JetStream Software is optimally suited to complement VMware cloud infrastructures including VMware Service Provider Partners (VSPPs) and VMware Cloud on AWS. JetStream Software is headquartered in San Jose, California, with a wholly owned subsidiary in Bangalore, India. The company is privately held.

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