RackWare Assessment is a robust, enterprise-grade solution designed to simplify the evaluation and planning phases of cloud migration, disaster recovery, and infrastructure optimization. By delivering deep visibility into IT environments—including physical, virtual, and cloud resources—RackWare empowers enterprises, MSPs, and system integrators to make informed, strategic decisions with confidence and precision.
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Unlike fragmented or limited discovery tools, RackWare Assessment is integrated directly into the RackWare Multi-Cloud Platform, enabling a seamless transition from assessment to execution across migration, DR, and backup use cases.
Core Capabilities
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Comprehensive Infrastructure Discovery
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RackWare scans and collects detailed information from a wide range of infrastructure sources, including:
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Physical servers, virtual machines (VMs), and cloud-based instances
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Databases and tiered applications
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Compute, storage, and network configurations
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Connected host dependencies and application relationships
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Multi-Layered Application Mapping​
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The platform goes beyond surface-level data collection by detecting application components and dependencies across the stack. This enables accurate grouping of related workloads and application tiers, essential for coordinated migration or protection strategies.
Dependency Analysis and Affinity Grouping​
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RackWare automatically identifies application and infrastructure dependencies, providing affinity maps to inform wave planning and reduce risk during execution. These insights are foundational for minimizing business disruption during migration and DR planning.
Automated Wave Planning
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Built-in intelligence generates migration or recovery waves based on system interdependencies, change rates, and criticality. This capability streamlines planning and significantly reduces manual effort.
Unified Collection Interfaces
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RackWare supports both vCenter integration for VMware environments and agentless collection via the RackWare Management Module (RMM). API-based collection for public cloud platforms is also available or planned in future platform updates.
Container & PaaS Visibility
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RackWare supports discovery of Kubernetes and container-based environments, offering insights into pods, persistent volumes, and stateful services. PaaS discovery is roadmap-aligned to further enhance support for modern application platforms.
Technical Summary
Capability
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Application Discovery
Infrastructure & VMs
Database & Multi-Tier Application Discovery
Storage & Compute Details
Dependency Mapping
Affinity Grouping
Automated Wave Planning
VMware/vCenter Collection
Kubernetes & Containers
Performance Metrics
Multi-Cloud Cost Estimation
Performance and Cost Intelligence
​Real-Time Performance Metrics
Performance data is collected per policy, allowing customers to understand utilization patterns, right-size infrastructure, and identify idle or underutilized resources.
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Multi-Cloud Cost Modeling
RackWare provides accurate cost estimations across major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, IBM Cloud). Cost modeling is informed by real-time sizing, usage patterns, and configuration data, enabling customers to make cost-optimized migration decisions. ​​
Strategic Advantages
Integrated and Free
RackWare Assessment is provided at no additional cost and integrates directly with RackWare’s migration, DR, and backup modules—removing friction and accelerating time-to-value.
Simplified Operations
A single set of workflows and operating principles across all RackWare use cases reduces complexity and training requirements.
Customization Ready
Assessment workflows can be tuned to accommodate specific environments, compliance requirements, and customer objectives.
RackWare Assessment is a powerful, no-cost entry point into the RackWare Multi-Cloud Platform. It delivers the intelligence needed to confidently scope, plan, and optimize workload migrations and DR strategies. With broad environment support, deep analytics, and integrated execution, RackWare Assessment stands out as the foundation for smart, resilient, and cost-effective cloud transformation.