New Stratus entry-level fault-tolerant server offers 99.999 percent availability

Stratus Technologies, Inc. has launched the Stratus ftServer W Series 2400 system, an entry-level fault-tolerant server offering 99.999 percent availability. Based on the same third-generation architecture as Stratus' ftServer 4300, 4600 and 5700 models, the W Series 2400 server is ideal for replicated multi-site deployments at locations where ‘lights-out’ system management is desirable, such as distribution centers, warehouses, branch offices, retail and rental chains, as well as public safety computer-aided dispatch applications in small-to-medium sized municipalities.

Available in rack-mount and pedestal configurations, the one-way continuously available server with 3.2 GHz Intel Xeon processor supports the Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard Edition.

"High availability clusters offer improved reliability for a higher price, but are difficult to deploy, manage and maintain," said Denny Lane , Stratus director of product management and marketing. "By comparison, the W Series 2400 system is as easy to deploy as a simplex server. Any application written for Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition will load and run without modification, and will immediately benefit from operating in a fault-tolerant computing environment."

The W Series 2400 system offers a fault-tolerant remote access controller - the Virtual Technician Module (VTM) - that, in turn, connects to the fully fault-tolerant Stratus ActiveService network to help ensure exceptional reliability.

The VTM has its own hardened drivers, power, and network connections. Regardless of the server's operational state, the VTM allows a service engineer to remotely perform advanced diagnosis, troubleshooting, and remediation. With the exception of physically swapping parts, virtually any task that can be performed onsite with the actual server can be performed remotely, such as powering up, viewing the boot screen, or downloading software updates, for example.

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•Date: 10th March 2006• Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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