Stratus® ztC™ Edge 250i
ztC Edge is a secure, ruggedized computing platform designed for maximum uptime in harsh environments. Engineered to deliver 99.999% availability, it empowers understaffed teams to boost operational efficiency while eliminating downtime risks at the remote edge.
With built-in virtualization and automated self-protection, this next-gen platform ensures your business-critical applications stay online 24/7.
BRANDS: Stratus
Maximize Uptime with Stratus ztC Edge
Stratus ztC Edge is a secure, ruggedized, and highly automated edge computing platform designed to transform how organizations manage remote operations. By streamlining productivity and boosting operational efficiency, it effectively eliminates the risks of downtime at the most critical points of your corporate network.
As a self-monitoring and self-synchronizing solution, the ztC Edge provides 99.999% availability for business-critical applications. It is purpose-built for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), offering built-in virtualization and automated protection that saves both time and capital by preventing unplanned outages before they occur.
Whether you require high availability or full fault tolerance, Stratus ztC Edge delivers seamless OT manageability and industrial interoperability. It is the premier choice for deploying virtualized applications in harsh environments where continuous 99.999% uptime is non-negotiable.
Built-in virtualization: ztC Edge ships with its own operating environment called Stratus Redundant Linux. It contains a virtualization host that supports both Windows and Linux guest operating systems, and OVF files and OVA images, including third-party templates. An intuitive management console makes it easy for local and remote staff to set up, configure, import, and manage their virtual machines.
Simplified security: ztC Edge is designed to help OT more easily secure their Edge Computing environment. A host-based firewall, restricted USB ports, role-based access controls with Active Directory integration, secure communications protocols, and secure and trusted boot all work together to minimize your security exposure.
Industrial interoperability: ztC Edge supports common OT and IT protocols, making integration into existing industrial automation environments easier. SNMP requests and traps can be used to configure notifications and alarms. Customers can use OPC UA attributes or a REST API to present relevant system data within most third-party systems management tools and dashboards.
OT manageability: ztC Edge ships with its own tool, the ztC Edge Console, that simplifies system and software management. With it, administrators can remotely access their systems, set thresholds and alerts, check for updates, backup and restore system settings and preferences, and easily manage their VMs.
Rugged redundant nodes: Designed for the harsh conditions typically found in industrial locations, ztC Edge nodes are UL Class I Div 2 certified and IP40 rated for deployment anywhere from the control room or control panel to machines or the shop floor, closer to your devices that are generating data. More durable than standard servers or workstations, ztC Edge offers customers greater reliability and deployment flexibility.
Automated protection: When deployed as a redundant pair, ztC Edge provides instant protection for your workloads. Data is automatically replicated across platforms. VMs running on one platform will automatically restart (High Availability mode) or resume (Fault Tolerant mode) on the other in the event of a failure. If ztC Edge detects a networking or disk failure on one computer, it automatically reroutes traffic or uses data on the other computer, without any operator intervention. Platforms can even be deployed across physical distances for automated local site recovery.
Field serviceability: When deployed as a redundant pair, ztC Edge platforms are hot-swappable and auto-synchronizing, making field repairs quick and easy. Maintenance or repairs on individual computers can be done to a running system (without a system reboot) to help ensure service continuity. This allows system repair to be planned and completed when it's convenient for OT or IT staff.
