Boost in overall performance
Decrease in power consumption
Reduction in maintenance cost
Improvement in efficiency
Increase in execution speed
Legacy hardware poses a significant risk to your business. Maintenance becomes increasingly difficult over time, and sourcing spare parts can be frustrating. Moreover, there is a constant risk of downtime, security breaches, and data loss.
But full-scale legacy migration isn’t easy either. It can be risky, time-consuming, and expensive (including the cost of retraining users). Strategies like rearchitecting, recreating, refactoring, or replacing applications require extensive retraining of admins and users, often leading to management challenges.
This is where Stromasys’ Charon emulation software steps in.
Charon emulator is a cost-effective alternative to full-scale migration
The Quick implementation enables seamless transition without downtime
Achieve significant performance boosts with minimal operational disruption
A dependable solution that prolongs the lifespan of your critical applications
It supports multiple legacy servers such as SPARC, PA-RISC, VAX, Alpha, and PDP
Emulated systems completely eliminate costly hardware maintenance
Available for both on-premises and on-cloud, tailored to your business needs
It leverages modern security and disaster recovery tools to protect your systems
With our Lift and Shift emulation solution for VAX, Alpha, SunSPARC, PDP-11, HP3000, and HP9000 systems, organizations can effortlessly transition from outdated hardware to a modern, industry-standard x86 platform or Cloud environment, all while continuing to run their original operating systems (OpenVMS, Tru64, Solaris, MPE, HP-UX), software layers, and applications – completely unchanged. This way Organizations can significantly reduce costs while seamlessly running their mission-critical applications on modern platforms – offering greater reliability than ever before.
This video shows how to extend the lifespan of legacy applications by migrating workloads to x86 platforms or the cloud without rewriting or recertifying them. Transform your IT landscape effortlessly.
Lift-and-shift migration is the most cost-effective way to virtualize your legacy systems. Charon emulation software solution lets you extend the lifespan of your legacy applications and operating systems by moving them off aging, expensive legacy hardware and onto safer, more efficient, and secure modern servers either on-premises or in the cloud. And it all happens seamlessly without compromising performance or requiring end-user disruption or retraining.
Charon-SSP emulator software creates a virtual replica of various SPARC family servers running – either on-premises or in the cloud.
Charon-PAR emulates a range of historic PA-RISC computers running MPE/ix or HP-UX to run on modern Linux or Windows on modern hardware.
Charon-VAX replaces multiple versions of the VAX family of servers with a virtual equivalent running on modern x86 based hardware.
Charon-AXP emulates a wide variety of DEC AlphaServers, allowing the OpenVMS andTrue64 Unix OS and all host applications to run on modern hardware.
Charon-PDP creates a virtual replica of the original PDP-11 hardware, allowing the RT-11, RSX-11, RSTS, and other operating systems and all software to run on modern hardware.
Charon, the first solution to emulate legacy critical systems, is available for Cloud subscription on all major cloud providers.
Charon-AXP reduced EIS Wire & Cable's MRP time from 15 minutes to under 1 minute
“Stromasys folks had no problems helping us to configure the software to do this. They knew just what was needed to help us achieve this and it gave us plenty of time to do our due diligence in testing the software and hardware to ensure it was all working flawlessly.”
-Pete Gaudet, IT Manager, EIS Wire & Cable
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WorkflowOne reduced Power Consumption by 93% with Charon-VAX
“We went from paying more than $100,000 in maintenance fees per year to paying just under $10,000 per year. And it took virtually no effort on our part.”
- Mark Gillespie, Data center operations manager, WorkflowOne
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Thales Alenia Eliminated SPARC Hardware Risk That was Running for 20+ Years
“My concern was to maintain our old software for 20 more years, and I think that running CHARON-SSP inside of a VirtualBox is the simplest, most lasting, and most cost-effective solution.”
- Lionel Daniel, Design Authority, Thales Alenia Space
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Migrating MPE and HP-UX Workloads to AWS for a Leading Global Manufacture
“Moving to AWS with the help of Stromasys provided cost savings of utilizing scalable hardware and economies of scale. The cloud allows the customer to be nimble: making their M&A activities go more smoothly and be more cost effective.”
- Jeff Stothart, Director of technical services, LCI
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Eliminate legacy hardware risks and avoid downtime. Learn why waiting for hardware failure is a costly mistake and how to take proactive steps.
Migrate legacy apps to the cloud in just a matter of a few days. Run your critical workloads without recompiling, recertifying, or remodifying anything.
While often used interchangeably, emulation and virtualization are distinct concepts. Check out this eBook to learn how to use both for your IT goals.