Charon VAX Emulation Solutions

Best-In-Class VAX Migration Solution: No Code Rewrite & Zero Disruptions 

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Empowering Our Clients: Stellar Results Achieved with Stromasys 

100%

Boost in overall performance

93.6%

Decrease in power consumption

90%

Reduction in maintenance cost

90%

Improvement in efficiency

15x

Increase in execution speed

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The Challenges of Relying on Legacy VAX System

The VAX/VMS operating systems and software are critical applications that drive several core business operations. Still relying on the aging DEC VAX systems can result in frequent hardware failures, unplanned downtime and escalating maintenance expenses. Replacing the entire legacy hardware is expensive, time-consuming, and risky. Also, the new systems may not be as reliable as the existing hardware, resulting in poor performance.
 
Charon VAX virtualization solutions from Stromasys are emerging as the global leader in legacy VAX system migration. Its VAX/VMS emulator mimics the environment of the outdated legacy VAX system on a modern platform ensuring seamless business operations.

Charon-VAX: Leading Legacy VAX Emulator to Transform Your Business Needs

Minimizes skyrocketing operational costs by eliminating the need for vintage VAX systems and hardware.

Seamlessly operates on your mission-critical operations without disruptions or unplanned downtime.

No migration risks & zero changes in the original operating system, applications, or layered products. 

Provides advanced security & disaster recovery measures to protect your business infrastructure.

Ensures operational integrity and smooth integration with modern tools to meet growing market demands.  

Elevates operational performance and efficiency with its scalability, flexibility, and reliability.

Risk-Free Lift and Shift VAX Migration with Stromasys

The Charon-VAX emulation solution is designed on the principle of Lift and Shift legacy migration. It primarily creates a virtual replica of the existing VAX system on standard Linux or Windows-based hosts. This dynamic legacy VAX emulator enables you to run the existing binary form, which includes VAX/VMS Operating Systems, their layered products, and applications.

VAX virtualization has been implemented for the outdated DEC VAX hardware and replaced with an enterprise-grade virtual VAX/VMS emulator. Legacy applications like VAX OS and other software that were operating on the existing platform will continue to run on a new modern system.

Voice of Stromasys Customer & Partner: A Legacy Migration Success Story

Learn about the successful collaboration between VX Company and Stromasys in transforming legacy infrastructure. Hear the compelling stories of their journey, showcasing how they effortlessly reduced maintenance costs and eliminated system downtime.

Explore how Charon VAX virtualization ensure optimum performance of your legacy VAX system.

Seamless Legacy VAX Virtualization: Inside the Charon-VAX Architecture

Explore how Charon-VAX revolutionizes your legacy DEC VAX systems by providing customized virtualization and streamlined management.  

Charon-VAX Emulation Alternatives for the Following Hardware

The various models of the Charon-VAX emulation family support the appropriate hardware for their architecture.

Emulated Q-Bus and Unibus devices support VAX 3600, MicroVAX II, and similar systems.

Emulated VAX 6000 series support XMI and BI devices.

Memory can be specified to the architectural limits of the emulated systems. 

Storage Subsystems

Virtual storage (container files) – Resides on any storage subsystem presented to the host system.

Physical storage – Local SCSI, SATA, IDE, or any other local storage (including USB) devices allocated to Charon-VAX software.

Virtual storage (container files) – Resides on any storage subsystem presented to the host system.

Additionally, any network-attached storage supported by the host can be utilized, including iSCSI, SAN, NAS, Samba/CIFS, and NFS. Charon-VAX virtualization software also supports OpenVMS Clustering.

Input/ Output Subsystems 

Charon-VAX virtualization provides a variety of networking and character terminal-oriented interfaces. Charon-VAX emulator the Ethernet controllers present in the original VAX hardware. Any protocol that runs on these controllers (DECnet, TCP/IP, LAT) will run over a virtualized link. With Charon-VAX, organizations can replace VAX hardware without hassle, knowing their existing software will operate without modification.  

Test Drive Lift and Shift Migration  

Stromasys has helped hundreds of organizations simplify the support and operations of legacy applications for more than 20 years.

Unleash the power of our VAX/VMS emulator and break free from the challenges of legacy DEC VAX hardware, boosting ROI. 

Stories of Successful Transformation with Charon VAX

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Explore How Flexi-Coil Have Experience Performance Boost After Migrating Their Original VAX Hardware With Stromasys

“The system remained up for a year before we shut down for routine maintenance. It is even more stable than the original VAX.”

- Blair Simister, Information Systems Manager at Flexi-Coil

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Modernize your business infrastructure by emulating the outdated DEC VAX systems. Achieve seamless business operations today.