PHCharon is the brand name of a group of software-products able to emulate several You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.-architectures, especially with respect to now given legacy-platforms of the large former computer-manufacturer and industrial computing-, data-handling and information-processing company You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., shorted known as just DEC. Thus, the given You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. available under this brand, are used to cover primarily Digital’s own former DEC-hardware platforms, which are still in use today despite its age, such as You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., and You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. – These support many of DEC's legacy operating-systems, including You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Unix and You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. The product-range also includes You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.-products for You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.' You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.-architecture and older You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. legacy-systems based upon You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. using the older You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.-OS You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
Charon-branded software-products are developed by the Swiss software-company Stromasys SA, which has its headquarters in Cointrin, near You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. systems are used in production despite their significant age. Some companies use them to support applications that are considered You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., such as core applications in banks and stock exchanges, air traffic control systems and manufacturing plants. The aging hardware and changing supplier availability are making the operation of such systems on the original hardware increasingly difficult. Porting the it to new hardware, new operating systems, and new programming languages (including libraries and interfaces) is often expensive and associated with high risk. A migration to an emulated environment can enable the use of modern x86 hardware or virtualized standard x86 servers, without having to abandon the fully functioning operating system and the application environment.
The software products being sold under the product names Charon-PDP, Charon-AXP, Charon-VAX, Charon-HPA and Charon-SSP consist of a combination of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. and You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. They run on You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. or You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. and provide a virtual You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., and You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. environment. In a first step, a configuration matching the old system is created on the host platform, thereby creating an emulated guest system behaving like the old physical server. In the second step, the operating system and – as required – associated applications and application data, are moved from the real hardware to the virtual machine. Depending on the operating system, the data is copied as physical image or file system backup. Such migrations are possible without source c0d3 changes or operating system upgrades.
Stromasys' product name Charon is inspired by Greek mythology.<a href="You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now."><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> In ancient Greece, Charon was the ferry man, whose task was to transport the dead across the river called You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. to Hades. The Stromasys emulator provides virtualization of the old DEC hardware allowing old operating systems such as OpenVMS to continue working without change. Figuratively speaking, CHARON "saves" data and applications and makes them available for future use beyond the life of obsolete hardware.
Software Requirements
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Windows XP Professional (SP2) 64 bit version
Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate (SP1) Editions 64 bit version
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard (SP2) Edition 64 bit version
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (SP1) Edition 64 bit version (please notice that only the R2 revision is supported)