Enable Continuous Availability From the Data Center to the Edge
ftServer is a fully integrated, continuously available platform uniquely engineered to run mission-critical applications without downtime or data loss—for the enterprise data center, control room, or remote edge location—helping companies maximize productivity, quality, and revenue.
With unique fault-tolerant hardware design, ftServer integrates fully replicated hardware components that eliminate virtually any single point of failure and safeguard data integrity. The server automatically manages its replicated components, executing all processing in lockstep.
Because replicated components perform the same instructions at the same time, there is zero interruption in processing, zero loss of performance, and zero loss of data integrity even if a component fails. This means that, unlike a high-availability cluster, the platform continues to function while any issue is being resolved.
ftServer architecture uses industry-standard technology and commodity components, making the servers cost-effective to manufacture and easy to upgrade as enhanced and improved components are brought to market.
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Deploy, Manage, & Service
In an always-on global economy, enterprises require failure prevention—not failure recovery. Companies are looking for reliable, secure, yet easy to manage edge computing infrastructure that’s highly interoperable with their data centers and cloud.
Optimized for distributed edge-in architectures, Stratus ftServer delivers the performance needed to support your advanced processor and data intensive applications, while also providing the fault tolerance, security, and manageability required at the edge of your corporate networks.
Built-in fault tolerance delivers greater than five nines (99.999%) availability to run critical applications.
Redundant computing architecture protects in-flight data in the event of component failure ensuring data integrity.
Pro-active health monitoring and self-healing saves time and enables management by OT or IT.
Deploy virtualization to consolidate multiple software workloads onto a single platform and run advanced software.
Platform delivers 7-10 year lifespan, twice that of traditional servers, reduces IT footprint, and requires fewer software licenses.
Services for ftServer
With the growing scarcity of IT resources, especially at remote plants and distributed locations at the edge of corporate networks, our proactive availability management has you covered, combining our advanced technologies with industry best practices backed by our decades of availability expertise.
Support technicians can monitor your system over our secure global network. Leveraging the Automated Uptime Layer, these experts are at the ready 24/7/365 to remotely diagnose and remediate complex issues.
Our cost-effective support plan options guarantee on-demand service no matter where your system is located.
ftServer Key Features
ftServer’s unique combination of Stratus IP and industry standard components delivers dramatically simplified continuous availability. Using ftServer, organizations are able to rapidly modernize IT infrastructure to maximize reliability, simplify manageability, and increase efficiency with minimal risk.
Choose from four different models: 2920, 4920, 6910, and 6920; and, three different operating environments: Microsoft Windows Server, VMware vSphere, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. These models meet most every enterprise workload requirement, remote or corporate environment, and budgetary need.
Patented lockstep processing ensures no transactions are lost. Multi-path I/O failover prevents data corruption or data loss.
Uses industry standard x86 processors, memory DIMMs, SSDs and HDDs. Supports standard shrink-wrapped OSs from Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware.
Hot-swappable components are designed to be easily replaced. Customer replaceable units (CRUs) are automatically re-synchronized when reinserted.
Redundant components are presented as a single system – only one OS or application is required, saving licensing fees.
Self-monitoring and self-diagnosing systems simplify issue management. Automated online parts replacement eliminates guesswork, and systems continue to run while being serviced.
ftServer supports both HDD and SSD technology
2910/4910/6910
2920/4920/6920
Internal
External (ftScalable G4)
600 GB HDD (15k rpm)
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800 GB SSD
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✔*
1.2 TB HDD (10k RPM)
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1.8 TB HDD(10k RPM)
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✔
2.4 TB HDD (10k RPM)
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1.6 TB NVMe SSD
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* Encryption Ready (ER)
Easily Extend Your Continuously Available Infrastructure With an Open Fault-Tolerant Storage Platform
Specifically designed to complement and seamlessly integrate with ftServer, Stratus’ ftScalable is a next generation hybrid storage array that optimizes performance and simplifies data storage and management, while minimizing costs, for an always-on complete availability and storage solution.
Manage both hot and cold storage with real time data tiering, and protect your sensitive data at rest with encrypted disk technology.
Easily meet your growing storage needs, while also ensuring continuous availability and data integrity for high performance applications with our ftScalable storage family.
Talk to the Experts at Penguin Solutions
Reach out today and learn more how we help you reach your fault tolerant computing project goals. Our team designs, builds, deploys, and manages high-performance, high-availability enterprise solutions, empowering customers to achieve their breakthrough innovations.