Stromasys Charon
🇨🇭 CH
Enterprise legacy server emulation for SPARC, VAX, Alpha, PDP-11 and PA-RISC
Features
Hardware Architecture Emulation
- Sun SPARC emulation (32-bit and 64-bit, sun4m/sun4u/sun4v)
- DEC VAX, AlphaServer, and PDP-11 emulation
- HP PA-RISC emulation (HP 3000/9000, MPE/iX, HP-UX)
- Dynamic Instruction Translation (DIT) and MMU pass-through
- Multi-CPU representation (individual or multi-threaded cores)
Operating System & Binary Preservation
- Zero code modification (lift-and-shift migration)
- Legacy OS support: Solaris, OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, MPE/iX, HP-UX, RT-11, RSX-11, RSTS
- Host OS compatibility: RHEL, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, Amazon Linux 2023
I/O, Peripheral & Storage Emulation
- Virtual Ethernet adapters (including BGE emulation)
- SCSI EFI boot capabilities
- Virtual tape emulation with cloud object storage (e.g., Azure Storage)
- Serial I/O, floppy disks, USB removable devices
Management, Control & Security
- Charon Manager and SSP Director for centralized administration
- VM lifecycle management (start/stop/status)
- Snapshot creation and suspend/resume
- Host OS encryption (LUKS, BitLocker) and cloud disk encryption (AES-256)
- Compliance frameworks: FIPS, Common Criteria
Pricing
Pricing is model-based and available on request. Perpetual and subscription options exist, including BYOL and pay-as-you-go cloud models.
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On-premises deployment on standard x86 servers and hypervisors is supported.
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Reviews
Recurring themes, synthesized from public reviews across portals.
What users value
- Enables lift-and-shift migration of legacy DEC, Sun SPARC, and HP PA-RISC systems to modern x86 or cloud
- Preserves original binary applications without source code changes
- Supports OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, Solaris, and MPE/iX operating systems
- Provides a low-risk path to eliminate aging legacy hardware dependency
- Cost-effective compared to maintaining physical legacy infrastructure or full rewrites
Where users see room to improve
- · Pure emulation layer, not a full backup or modern virtualization control plane
- · Room for improvement in usability and day-to-day management
Integrations
Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-09-21), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.