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Charon-VAX: Double Your Legacy VAX Performance in 60 Days

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For many manufacturers, aging VAX systems still power critical operations. But hardware constraints are a major cause of production delays. In fact, they can stop entire production lines. This creates significant business risks.

Meet Flexi-Coil, a leading farm machinery manufacturer. They relied on old VAX servers to support their essential ERP software. But with time, the hardware became their biggest obstacle, affecting their mission-critical performance. This video shows how they exactly solved this issue without disrupting their ERP applications.

Key Challenges Faced

Their VAX 4000 was unreliable, resulting in serious operational challenges, including delayed production schedules.

The key challenges they faced included:

  • Extreme Delays in Processing: weekend batch runs were taking 30 hours to complete.
  • System Capacity Was Full: The hardware had no room left for growth or to handle peak loads.
  • Single Point of Failure: the aging hardware posed a constant risk of unexpected downtime.
  • Production Delays: The slow system directly impacted their ability to manufacture and deliver products on time.

The Solution: Emulation (Not Replacement)

Stromasys introduced Charon-VAX emulation software. This solution creates a perfect replica of the original VAX hardware environment on a modern server. It allows legacy applications to run without any changes (no coding or modifications are required).

The transition for Flexi-Coil was remarkable. The results were clear almost immediately:

  • Faster Reporting: An ERP report that previously took 42 minutes is now completed in just 7 minutes.
  • Shorter Batch Jobs: A critical batch job dropped from 10 hours to only 2.5 hours.
  • Double the Performance: The new environment delivered twice the performance with rock-solid stability.
  • Eliminated Hardware Risk: the single point of failure from the old VAX was gone.

Don’t Let Legacy VAX Servers Slow You Down.

If you are in a similar situation, you don’t have to accept slow performance and production delays. It’s possible to gain modern speed and reliability while keeping your legacy applications. See how Charon-VAX can improve your system’s performance.

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