Case Study: University of Cincinnati achieves >99.99% uptime and remote high availability with Stratus Technologies' Avance software

University of Cincinnati - Customer Case Study

The University of Cincinnati’s geography department needed a low‑cost, automated weather‑data system for the remote North Slope of Alaska. Collecting and sharing meteorological and climatological data required inexpensive ($~4,000 per station) off‑the‑shelf appliances, reliable regional FTP servers to buffer low‑bandwidth links, and high availability despite no full‑time IT staff on site to avoid gaps in the historical record.

INTRUST Group implemented a virtualized solution using Stratus Avance software on dual Dell x86 servers running redundant FTP instances and integrated remote monitoring. The system delivers better than 99.99% availability, lets Cincinnati researchers deploy and manage virtual servers remotely, requires only occasional OS updates, and has proven rock‑solid—preserving data integrity, reducing operational costs, and eliminating the need for time‑consuming onsite repairs.

University of Cincinnati

Richard Beck

Assistant Research Professor