Stratus Uptime Appliance For VMware vCenter Server
When you manage a large enterprise with VMware® vCenter® Server, downtime can be disastrous. This single point of failure can put everything at risk: from site recovery to operations, from business management to chargeback processes.
The Stratus Uptime Appliance for vCenter Server is a single-system solution designed from the ground up to prevent downtime via resilient hardware and software, combined with proactive 24/7 remote monitoring. Built on the company’s fault-tolerant, Intel® processor-based ftServer architecture, the Stratus solution offers users plug-and-play simplicity at significantly lower costs than a similarly configured VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat solution.
- 99.999+% uptime: less than 6 minutes of downtime annually, on average
- Automatically prevents failures instead of simply recovering from them
- Offers plug-and-play simplicity: operates like a standard Windows server
- Costs significantly less than similarly configured heartbeat solutions
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ELIMINATE RISK
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KEY BENEFITS
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SIMPLICITY
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DOWNTIME
Cut the risk of downtime for vCenter Server to zero
Superior Uptime Assurance
- Stratus’ resilient hardware and Automated Uptime™ Layer eliminate the single point of failure risk in vCenter Server deployments
- Failure prevention instead of recovery: Proactive monitoring detects, isolates, and resolves faults before they cause downtime
- Uninterrupted 24/7 management control: Configure and manage advanced virtualization modules such as vMotion®, Storage vMotion, vSphere HA, vCenter SRM, databases and license servers without the risk of downtime
Financial Advantage
- Priced substantially less than a comparable vCenter Server Heartbeat solution
- Centralized management lowers operating costs: configure, monitor, and rapidly provision VMs through a single interface
Ease Of Use
- Single-system view facilitates deployment and simplifies ongoing management
High Performance
- Eliminates performance and configuration challenges of replicating information in real time to a backup node over a network
Running vCenter from the Stratus Virtualization Appliance is simpler, easier to install, and significantly more cost-effective.
You don't need
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Duplicate Servers
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Hidden Channels
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Interfaces to Learn
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Multiple Licenses
Impact of vCenter Server downtime on managing vSphere components
If your vCenter Server goes down, you lose your ability to manage your environment. Here's how:
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Downtime Impact |
| Virtual machines |
VM management requires direct host connection; can’t use templates to provision VMs |
| ESXi™ servers |
Require direct host connection for management
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| vMotion / Storage vMotion |
Live migration is disabled
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| VMware DRS |
Unable to modify configuration parameters
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| vCenter plug-ins |
Plug-ins are disabled |
| Performance / monitoring statistics |
Outages creates gaps in history reporting |
| VMware HA |
HA failover is operational, unable to modify
configuration parameters |
| VMware View™ |
New desktop instances cannot be provisioned |
| VMware vCloud™ Director |
VM resource allocation / provisioning are disabled |
With the Stratus Virtualization Appliance for VMware vCenter Server, your entire environment remains accessible and manageable.
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“With so many features in VMware vSphere 5 relying on vCenter Server, its availability is more critical than ever.”
Beth Pariseau
Senior News Writer
SearchServerVirtualization
January 18, 2012