ALPHA Virtualization

CHARON AXP 4/266 can replace the following AlphaServer systems by providing the exact Alpha hardware interface of the original system inside a non-Alpha computer:

AlphaServer 400 4/166, 4/233
AlphaServer 1000 4/200, 4/233 and 4/266
AlphaServer 2000 4/200, 4/233 and 4/275
AlphaServer 2100 4/200, 4/233 and 4/275
AlphaStation 200 and 255

CHARON-AXP 4/266 product features:

Alpha 21064 (EV4) CPU virtualization and comparable performance
Max. 4 GB of virtual Alpha memory
Storage adapter (max 10, allowing max. 1200 storage devices)
Virtual Alpha disks (choice from Windows container files, Windows physical disks or raw SCSI disk devices.
Tape device support (physical and windows container files)
CD-ROM
Floppy drive
Max. 4 Ethernet ports
Serial line controller (8 ports)
2 COM-ports
VT type terminal emulator
Supports OpenVMS 6.2-1h3 and newer, Tru64 3.1 and newer
Clustering supported (NI)

CHARON-AXP requires a CPU host system with multi-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.6 GHz or faster in order to deliver equal or slightly better performance than the original AlphaServer.
Memory requirement: 1.5 GB + the amount of emulated Alpha memory.

Special licensing is available to support concurrent use of multiple CHARON-AXP instances inside 1 host system or in a company network, review the documentation for more details.