Overview
Provided by AWS with Stromasys, Virtualization for SPARC emulates classic SPARC V8/V9 hardware. It relies on Charon-SSP which replicates the virtual SPARC hardware on industry-standard x86 computer systems. The emulation is fully binary compatible with SPARC hardware, including storage, Ethernet, and serial line I/O. The Charon-SSP virtual layer behaves as SPARC hardware and is compatible with SunOS, Solaris, and associated applications. This compatibility allows applications to be quickly re-hosted in the Charon-SSP virtualized environment, bypassing software code conversion, changes, or replacement.
Using Virtualization for SPARC necessitates Solaris, Linux, and Stromasys skills. Rehosting and migrating SPARC-based Solaris applications requires professional services engaged as part of a migration project. Please contact and engage your AWS representative for guidance. You can also contact an AWS specialist at mainframe@amazon.com .
Virtualization for SPARC replaces SPARC systems from the Sun4m, Sun4u, and early Sun4v (pre-Oracle) family. Virtualization for SPARC supports versions SunOS 4.1 to Solaris 11.4. Solaris is Bring-Your-Own-License (BYOL) for Virtualization for SPARC, and customers must make their own Solaris ISO image available for the initial install, after which the original filesystems from the legacy SPARC system may be migrated. Please note that this solution requires customers to review their specific licensing agreements pertaining to Sun/Oracle SPARC and Solaris.
Highlights
- BUSINESS CONTINUITY. Minimal disruption, as all applications, middleware, and data remain as is, and migrate unchanged.
- REDUCED RISK. Charon solutions diminish your risk of unplanned downtime by removing the dependency upon classic hardware
Details
Typical total price
$5.34/hour
Pricing
Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
m5zn.2xlarge | $5.00 | $0.661 | $5.661 |
m5zn.6xlarge | $15.00 | $1.982 | $16.982 |
c5.2xlarge Recommended | $5.00 | $0.34 | $5.34 |
c5.4xlarge | $10.00 | $0.68 | $10.68 |
c5.9xlarge | $22.50 | $1.53 | $24.03 |
c5.18xlarge | $45.00 | $3.06 | $48.06 |
z1d.xlarge | $2.50 | $0.372 | $2.872 |
z1d.3xlarge | $7.50 | $1.116 | $8.616 |
m7a.large | $1.25 | $0.116 | $1.366 |
m7a.4xlarge | $10.00 | $0.927 | $10.927 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes | $0.08/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Usage instructions
Connecting to Instance:
To connect to your instance, you will need to use SSH over port 22. The default username for connecting is sshuser. For further information about the standard AWS method of connecting to an instance, see information described here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstances.html
Basic configuration of the environment includes:
- Install and Initializing the Charon Manager on a client machine, either Windows or Linux
- Get your vdisk or iso image to the Charon instance on AWS.
- Connect Charon Manager to Charon instance, create a virtual SPARC VM, and configure the vdisk and other items
- Startup the virtual SPARC VM via Charon Manager
Please see Virtualization for SPARC on AWS with Stromasys documentation for further configuration information: Charon-SSP Version 5 for AWS Cloud - Getting Started
Additional Details:
- There are no security keys or credentials in place that need to be rotated
- There is no customer data that is collected in order for this software to function
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