Case Study: Elavon achieves mission‑critical always‑on availability and reduced TCO with Stratus Technologies' ftServer solution

Elavon Keeps Vmware VIRTUALIZATION AT PEAK RELIABILITY With Stratus Always-On Availability

Elavon, a global payment processor serving more than one million merchants, needed to virtualize customer-facing QA and UAT systems while preserving the extreme availability required for 24/7/365 transaction processing. The challenge was to gain the consolidation, flexibility, and cost savings of virtualization without risking downtime or complex cluster management for mission-critical payment applications.

Elavon deployed Stratus ftServer systems with VMware Infrastructure (alongside Continuum and V Series/VOS for authorization) to provide built‑in fault tolerance, lockstep redundancy, and proactive monitoring—without modifying applications. The result: simplified administration, faster provisioning, lower TCO and fewer physical servers, sustained industry‑leading availability (99.999%+ at customer sites), continuous payment processing, and 24/7 Stratus support that helped preserve customer confidence and operational excellence.

Elavon

Frank Bolling

Vice President of Systems and Technology