Stratus
Stratus provides a range of continuous availability solutions that fill in the gaps left by traditional systems management technologies and the offerings from the newer virtualization platform vendors. These offerings feature:
- Lockstep processing provides instantaneous failover with no loss of in-flight data
- Dedicated connection for continuous remote monitoring, proactive debug and problem resolution
- Hardened device drivers
- Failsafe software
- Immediate notification of any issues
- Continuous remote monitoring
- Hot swappable parts
- Comprehensive platform services
Where Stratus Avance and ftServer Fit

Stratus ftServer
Stratus ftServer offers continuous availability with no limitations. ftServer combines two physical servers into one logical device offering 100% hardware redundancy and true Lockstep fault tolerance.
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Stratus Avance
Avance is everything that’s good about traditional High-Availability (HA) clusters with none of what’s bad. Avance is the answer for mid-size firms, delivering superior uptime that’s simple to use for a fraction of the price of clusters. Avance is high availability (HA) for the mainstream.

Highly Available Solution Supporting Server Consolidation
- Stratus Availability for Commodity Servers
- Mixed Windows and Linux Virtual Machines
Two options for Avance HA
- Software: install on your own Dell or HP servers
- Hardware: Manufactured and supported by Stratus
For more information about Stratus and virtualization, read the Stratus Virtualization Corner Blog.













