Beijing Olympics Keeps Traffic Moving with Stratus ftServer Systems

Underground traffic tunnel system relies on uninterrupted data flow and
real-time information to run efficiently

SINGAPORE, April 10, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The challenges of transporting
three million Beijing Olympic athletes, media and spectators efficiently to
more than 300 sporting events and 1,000 cultural activities will be eased by a
technologically sophisticated underground traffic system. Traffic control,
monitoring and management of that system will be controlled by applications
running on ultra-reliable servers from Stratus Technologies, Inc., the company
announced today.
Stratus servers will host the traffic control, monitoring and management
software for the underground transportation system linking Beijing's Olympic
venues. The underground system is a circular 5.5 km roadway connecting surface
roads and vast underground parking facilities with the Beijing Olympic Park
where major Olympic sporting venues are located, including the National
Stadium, National Aquatics Center, Sports Center Gymnasium, and National
Indoor Stadium. A computerized tunnel intelligence management system located
in the mission-control monitoring center provides real-time information that
enables accurate, reliable and rapid response to ever-changing conditions in
the loop, keeping traffic flowing efficiently and travelers safe.
System integrator and application provider, Shanghai Hi-Tech Control
Systems (Hite) of Nanjing and Shanghai, partnered with the regional Singapore
office of U.S.-based Stratus Technologies to provide a complete traffic
control and management solution on a fault-tolerant server platform. The
configuration includes two Stratus(R) ftServer(R) 4400 systems for database
and I/O processing; a variety of workstations for operations, engineering,
network management and maintenance; Ethernet switches; data acquisition
devices; and other components and peripherals.
The constant collection of information from video monitoring and data
collection devices throughout the tunnel system to the I/O server makes
possible immediate analyses of input, evaluation of conditions, multi-point
communications, and proactive traffic management. Large video screens in the
control center also display this data and video information to workers and
supervisors on duty in real time. All information is stored to a unified
database and used for data mining, activity reporting and operations
management.
Each ftServer system contains the equivalent of two tightly coupled
industry-standard x86 servers that run simultaneously in lockstep, with each
processing the same data at the same time. To the operating system and
application, the two physical server halves appear as one single logical
server. Should one half suffer an issue that causes it to take itself out of
service, the other half continues to run the operating system and application
software without interruption, thereby eliminating unplanned application
downtime, failover and data loss. Stratus server uptime availability is field-
proven to be better than 99.999 percent, the server industry's highest uptime
reliability for Windows and Linux applications.
About Stratus Technologies
Stratus Technologies is a global solutions provider focused exclusively on
helping its customers achieve and sustain the availability of information
systems that support their critical business processes. Stratus is a trusted
solutions provider to customers in manufacturing, life sciences,
telecommunications, financial services, public safety, transportation &
logistics, and other industries. For more information, visit
http://www.stratus.com.
SOURCE Stratus Technologies

Ed Marshall of Beaupre, +1-603-559-5816, emarshall@beaupre.com, for Stratus
Technologies