Review: Stratus ftServer 4300
Lots of companies sell Linux servers, but how many promise 99.999% uptime? Not very many, but Stratus Technologies sells systems that offer the kind of fault tolerance that will handle mission-critical applications and leave admins with peace of mind. I had a chance to test out one of the company's ftServer 4300 systems, and it's an impressive system.
Since Stratus didn't let me keep the system around for a year (99.999% uptime means less than six minutes of downtime per year), I can't confirm the reliability figure that it promises, but if my limited testing is any indication, the ftServer is one good way to achieve that kind of uptime.
What you get
The server is actually two complete servers configured to work as one machine. The system consists of two 2U servers that are inserted into a 4U rack enclosure. Each system includes its own CPU, RAM, Ethernet interfaces, power supply, disk drives, and so forth. The enclosure provides the USB, serial ports, a modem, and VGA output for the system.
I received the system from Stratus with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server (AS) 4 pre-installed.
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