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The Register: Stratus preps high-availability Linux port

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 4, 2001

Another indicator that Linux is moving into the enterprise:
Stratus is a major player in the enterprise space, most notably in
the high-availability area.

“Development work is getting underway to port Linux to
fault-tolerant hardware architecture developed by high-end server
manufacturer Stratus….”

“Stratus is best known as a niche supplier of fault-tolerant
systems based on PA RISC chips, and running either HP-UX or its own
proprietary VOS operating system. The firm uses redundant hardware
components and approved software to offer high reliability servers
to telcos and financial services firms.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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