- November 13, 2023
- Stratus
Nov. 1, 2023 - Stratus Technologies, Inc. (“Stratus”), an SGH company and a global leader in simple, protected, and autonomous Edge Computing platforms, today announced the launch of Stratus ztC Endurance™, a new family of fault-tolerant computing platforms for next generation, sustainable operations. The platform introduces intelligent, predictive fault tolerance that delivers seven nines (99.99999%) availability, and performance gains through latest generation technology components including 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable chips. ztC Endurance builds on Stratus’ unique combination of built-in software and hardware, proactive health monitoring, and serviceability to run mission-critical applications without downtime or data loss.
“Stratus ztC Endurance–the culmination of our 42 years of innovation in fault tolerance–raises the bar for availability for our customers across every industry,” said Dave Laurello, president of Intelligent Platform Solutions, SGH. “Our new family of compute platforms continues our unmatched availability and ease-of-use with 99.99999% availability, a modernized system architecture, and the performance to support our customers growth. With ztC Endurance, we’re delivering a new technology curve for reliability that will empower organizations on their digital journeys well into the future.”
“ztC Endurance is the result of years of planning, development and testing,” said Dara Ambrose, vice president, products and solutions of Intelligent Platform Solutions, SGH. “This platform’s design is based on the analysis of more than 100 million hours of computing runtime across thousands of customers. In ztC Endurance, we’ve delivered a fault tolerant platform that eliminates compromises in performance, cost, serviceability, and manageability when deploying and maintaining application availability.”
In today’s digital-first, data-driven world, OT and IT teams require solutions that meet both teams’ efforts to enhance operational efficiency, improve system security, and ultimately drive business growth. OT leaders are investing in automation to manage complex processes, while IT leaders are seeking modern technology that is easily serviceable and cost-efficient. Research forecasts that Edge IT workloads will grow up to 28% through 2026, as a result. OT and IT teams demand reliable and secure solutions designed for both today and tomorrow.
Stratus ztC Endurance benefits
Stratus ztC Endurance furthers Stratus’ proven approach for eliminating system downtime and data loss (including in-flight data) through built-in fault tolerance that is transparent to standard operating systems and hosted applications, does not require additional scripting or modification, and provides proactive health monitoring. This powerful combination enables OT and IT teams to run mission-critical applications and complex software stacks without needing to be a server expert.
The new Stratus ztC Endurance platforms deliver innovation in five key areas of performance, including:
- Predictive: ztC Endurance introduces intelligent, predictive fault tolerance through the Stratus Automated Uptime Layer with Smart Exchange™, which tracks and targets a wider range of failure points than other standalone hyperconverged solutions and automatically takes corrective actions to address and resolve issues before they impact operations.
- Protected: The platform ensures data integrity and protects against loss of in-flight application data with 99.99999% application system availability and delivers embedded hardware and software security features, along with the ability to run third-party cybersecurity applications, to protect IT and OT assets.
- Manageable: As an open system, the platform simplifies manageability with remote monitoring capabilities and management APIs that are interoperable with existing IT tools and systems familiar to IT teams. Additionally, ztC Endurance and its fault tolerant architecture support standard, off-the-shelf operating systems without modification.
- Serviceable: ztC Endurance’s redundant, modular architecture features four pairs of customer replaceable units (CRUs) – compute, I/O, power supply unit, and storage – that are hot-swappable by OT or IT without specialized expertise or tools to deliver uptime and efficient operation.
- Performance: This release incorporates the latest technology, notably 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable “Sapphire Rapids” chips, high speed NVMe, and resilient, high-performance DDR5 memory. This results in new levels of performance matched with fault tolerance required to consolidate mission-critical applications as well as run complex software stacks and advanced applications.
Stratus ztC Endurance models
Stratus’ ztC Endurance Platform is available in three models to meet customer needs, from shop floors and remote offices to regional and large data centers and plants:
- ztC Endurance Model 7100: Designed for large data centers and larger plants
- ztC Endurance Model 5100: Designed for remote offices and medium plants
- ztC Endurance Model 3100: Designed for shop floor locations and smaller plants