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Aging PA-RISC hardware (HP 9000 & HP 3000) may be reaching the end of its life, but MPE/iX 7.5 and HP-UX software and applications tend to have substantially longer lifetimes.
You may already be encountering hardware failure, searching desperately for spare parts, or beginning to investigate alternatives. And if you haven’t yet had hardware difficulties, you are aware that it’s only a matter of time. Given the revenue and liabilities at stake, waiting for hardware to fail and then taking action is not a smart practice.
What if you could run your MPE/iX 7.5 and HP-UX applications without relying on outdated hardware – and at a fraction of your current maintenance costs?
Charon-PAR offers a proven PA-RISC virtualization solution to make that a reality.
Minimize migration disruption by keeping apps, data, and middleware unchanged.
Ensure business continuity by eliminating the risk of unplanned downtime.
Boost your ROI by replacing classic hardware with affordable virtualization.
Reduce power usage and environmental impact, lowering the overall operational cost.
Simplify data center management with enterprise-level consolidation under VMware.
Charon-PAR enforces PA-RISC emulation for end-of-life servers running on HP-UX and MPE/iX 7.5 using the Lift-and-Shift approach. This HP 3000 and HP 9000 emulator creates a virtual environment that mimics the original hardware, preserves the key functionalities of your legacy applications without requiring costly rewriting, porting, migrating, or retraining.
PA-RISC emulation just got better, with Charon-PAR 4.0. Experience a transformation in the HP 3000 and HP 9000 emulator, like a DIT2 performance architecture and a host sizing tool, coupled with a better licensing model. Watch how we make operations easier and better than ever!
Charon-PAR is a hardware emulation layer running under Linux-based industry-standard servers. It emulates a range of historic PA-RISC hardware, including HP-3000 and HP-9000 running the MPE/iX 7.5 and HP-UX operating systems. By leveraging HP 3000 and HP 9000 virtualization, this solution lets users easily upgrade to modern Intel-based servers.
The Charon-PAR product family offers virtualized PA-RISC emulators designed to run on industry-standard Intel x64 servers (Core i7 and Xeon). Leveraging next-generation virtualization, Charon-PAR optimizes PA-RISC instructions for modern Intel CPUs.
Charon-PAR provides several virtual hardware families of the PA-RISC that support the following guest operating systems:
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Charon-PAR licenses are managed through the Stromasys VE License Server, which can also support other Charon emulator products. This way, the solution delivers a streamlined solution for license management.
User guides cover installation, configuration, hardware requirements, licensing, and utilities. Further, our partner-led migration services and support make the move simpler.
Charon-PAR emulates legacy PCI-based I/O devices, such as disks and tape drives. This preserves existing device interactions within virtualized environments.
Yes, it is. Charon-PAR uses a lift-and-shift emulation (rehosting) approach. Consequently, HP-UX workloads can run on modern hardware without any change to what’s already working. No rewriting or porting is required.
You absolutely can. Charon-PAR emulates the PA-RISC hardware environment on modern x86 servers – either on-premises or in the cloud.
Explore Charon-PAR, the leading HP-UX virtualization solution, supporting MPE/iX 7.5 and HP-UX applications – available both on-premises and in the cloud.
Dive into the core essentials of Charon-PAR with this comprehensive product documentation and explore its game-changing PA-RISC emulation.
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