The HP 3000 System emulator will provide a fully binary compatible HP 3000 virtual hardware environment running on Linux host 64bit Intel (Red Hat Enterprise recommended), Cent OS or VMware.
HP 3000 System Cross Platform Hardware Virtualization
The HP 3000 System emulator will provide a fully binary compatible HP 3000 virtual hardware environment running on Linux host 64bit Intel (Red Hat Enterprise recommended), Cent OS or VMware.
This will support the following models of HP 3000 Systems:-
- A400 servers (A408, A410)
- A500 servers (A510, A520)
- N4000 servers (N4010, N4020, N4030, N4040)
However, further model types can be emulated so that the Virtual HP 3000 will appear to be exactly the same hardware type as the original physical system.
This provides the ability to move applications from old HP3000 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.
HP3000 CPU & System
The legacy HP3000 emulator software layer presents almost all virtual on board devices to the upper layer, from the MPE operating system to the applications.
The Emulator works well with mainstream virtualization solutions and products like VMware.
Performance
The HP3000 Emulator utilises unique dynamic instruction translation technology (i.e., DIT) to improve runtime HP3000 instruction execution speed. The emulated HP 3000 may run faster than the original HP 3000 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 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 Linux
- Smaller footprint
- Virtualised enviroment (VMware)
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.
