The VAX System emulator will provide a fully binary compatible VAX virtual hardware environment running on either Windows (Server OS preferred but not required) or a Linux host 64bit Intel (Red Hat Enterprise recommended).
VAX System Cross Platform Hardware Virtualization
The VAX System emulator will provide a fully binary compatible VAX virtual hardware environment running on either Windows (Server OS preferred but not required) or a Linux host 64bit Intel (Red Hat Enterprise recommended).
This will support the following models of VAX Systems:-
- MicroVAX II
- MicroVAX 3600, 3900
- MicroVAX 3100 models 96 and 98
- VAXserver 3600, 3900
- VAX 4000 models 106, 108, 700, and 705
- VAXstation 4000 model 90
- VAX 6310, 6620, 6630, 6640, 6650 and 6660
However, further model types can be emulated so that the Virtual VAX will appear to be exactly the same hardware type as the original physical system.
This provides the ability to move applications from old VAX System hardware onto new Intel x64 servers and blades, without any code or operational process changes, thereby reducing floor space, power consumption and maintenance costs. It can make the application much more portable and resilient running within a modern SAN environment.
VAX CPU & System
The legacy VAX emulator software layer presents almost all virtual on board devices to the upper layer, from the OpenVMS operating system to the applications.
The Emulator works well with mainstream virtualization solutions and products like VMware, Oracle VM, etc.
Performance
The VAX Emulator utilises unique dynamic instruction translation technology (i.e., DIT) to improve runtime VAX instruction execution speed. The emulated VAX will run many times faster than the original VAX hardware.
Tristate can provide a complete solution
- migration onto your own server or virtualised environment
- full migration consultancy to move from the physical System to the emulated System
- ongoing support services for the whole emulator environment
running on either Windows or Linux
Benefits of Emulation
- Absolutely no code/program changes
- More resilient disks and power supplies
- Potentially Higher performance
- Lower power consumption
- Lower cooling costs
- Gigabit Ethernet connections
- Modern backup system
- Run on Windows or Linux
- Smaller footprint
- Virtualised enviroment (VMware, Hyper-V, Oracle-VM)
Evaluation Options
Tristate can also provide various evaluation options, which can be considered to be a Full DR test, as a system will be restored from your normal media. An evaluation can often highlight issues with the restore process that can be resolved prior to requiring an emergency restore.
