Stratus Compendium Success Stories from the Edge - Case Study

Case Study Compendium

Success at the Edge Eleven customer stories to learn from

Customer Success Stories with Zero-Touch Edge Computing Digital transformation is imperative for all businesses today. Edge

Stratus ztC EdgeTM

computing can play an important part in this evolution by facilitating

• Up to 5,000 input/outputs (I/Os) • Up to four virtual machines (VMs)

predictable, peak performance with minimal risk, even in remote locations.

• High availability or fault tolerant

This emergent technology is helping turn data into actionable insights where

• UL Class I Div 2 certified

it matters most—at the edge.

Stratus fault tolerant computing platforms from Penguin Solutions® are designed from 40 years of industry experience. With zero-touch edge computing platforms that are simple to deploy and maintain, secure against interruptions and threats, and able to operate autonomously, Penguin Solutions ensures continuous availability for our customers’ business-critical applications.

The following 11 customer success stories span industries ranging from Oil & Gas to Water & Wastewater. Each showcases what organizations can do when they choose the right edge computing solution provider.

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Stratus ftServer ®

• 100,000+ input/outputs (I/Os) • 30+ virtual machines (VMs) • Intelligent uptime layer • Fault tolerant

Breton Italy-based Breton is a leading manufacturer of equipment, machines, and facilities that produce and process engineered stone, natural stone (marble, granite, and ornamental), and metals. The company needed to ready its machines for Industry 4.0 manufacturing environments, where unplanned downtime is not an option and OT useability is critical to unburden IT. Breton incorporated Stratus ztC Edge into their machines to address evolving customer requirements, add redundancy to machine operations, and simplify engineering and setup time.

Challenges Eliminate unplanned machine downtime to enable business

Solution Stratus ztC Edge

Penguin Solutions’ unique box of available technology—

continuity for customers

AVEVATM System Platform

virtualization, redundancy, protection, security, customizable

Reduce engineering and

System integration by

availability, and industrial interoperability—is a leap forward over traditional IPCs and server configuration.

Michele Vario Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) and Business Development Director Wonderware Italia

setup time to speed delivery to customers Empower OT with a simple

Wonderware Italia

Consolidated four AVEVA applications onto a single Stratus ztC Edge compute platform via virtualization Improved customer experience by reducing installation and preparation times by eight hours

compute infrastructure on

Load to add virtual machine

the production floor

(VM) images and system upgrades in 20 minutes

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Bradbury The Bradbury Group of manufacturing companies is dedicated to producing high-quality, productivity-enhancing metal processing equipment for customers around the world.

They needed a solution that readied their customers as well as their own operations for digitalization and efficiency.

By adopting the Stratus ztC Edge platform for their rolling machines, Bradbury Group reduced costs, resolved downtime issues, and discovered a new profit driver for their business: providing customer support services.

Challenges Increase machine efficiency and flexibility by adding

Stratus ztC Edge is designed to provide remote application

compute capability

management, more rapid and efficient multi-site deployment,

Reduce development,

improved security, and high availability of critical business operations and applications.

deployment, and revision update times

Craig Resnick Vice President, ARC Advisory Group

Increase customer uptime with quick replacement hardware, redundancy, and automated system backup

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Solution Stratus ztC Edge

Eliminated unplanned downtime

Rockwell Automation

Used virtualization to

ThinManager

consolidate workloads on a

TM

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View Site Edition

single Stratus ztC Edge computing platform Enabled support services as a new customer offering Reduced engineering and maintenance costs

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Streamline Innovations Streamline Innovations, based in San Antonio, Texas, develops and operates a proprietary process for removing toxic hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from Oil & Gas, Water & Wastewater, landfills, and biogas. To succeed in the competitive oilfield services market, the company continually innovates to operate equipment more efficiently, optimize performance, meet customer budgets, and enable a greener future.

Using Stratus ztC Edge, Streamline Innovations developed a visionary solution called the Valkyrie™ Intelligent Platform to bring AI-powered predictive maintenance, remote operation, and 99.5% uptime to its remote oilfield equipment.

Challenges Identify a compute platform to combine IT and OT capabilities

Having seen what the Stratus edge computing platform is

for monitor and control of

capable of in a complex solution such as the Super Valkyrie,

complex chemical processes in

it’s clear that edge technology has a lot to offer the Oil & Gas industry.

rugged environments Operate with limited data connectivity and limited staffing

Solution Stratus ztC Edge Inductive Automation Ignition PostgreSQL database and Python Seeq

Enabled real-time analysis, HMI and tracking of 50 KPIs from 350 miles away Reduced onsite staffing requirements by 66% Enabled AI-powered

I am talking about smart wellheads, smart glycol units, smart

in remote Oil & Gas locations

predictive maintenance

JT skids, and more.

Achieve 95% uptime and meet

Achieved 99.5% uptime,

Dr. Peter Photos CTO, Streamline Innovations

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customer automation budgets

surpassing 95% customer SLA

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Alewijnse Netherlands-based Alewijnse is a global leader in maritime technology, providing critical systems for vessels ranging from yachts to naval ships to increasingly complex dredging, offshore, and transport rigs. The company designs, delivers, and integrates onboard electrical and automation systems as well as advanced marine electronics.

Using Stratus ftServer, Alewijnse developed the maritime industry’s first future-proof virtualization and visualization platform for managing critical ship systems. The new platform replaced 20 computer systems with one server, reducing the system footprint by 75% and doubling its lifespan to eight years.

Challenges Enable vessel-wide computing for critical ship systems in a

Solution Stratus ftServer Alewijnse AlViVi (virtualization

Our customers now have one view of all critical systems that

harsh operating environment

they can share anywhere on the ship. That visibility and

with limited space

and visualization) platform

access to information enables quicker response and better

Eliminate unplanned downtime

Rockwell Automation

decision making for ship operations.

and provide redundancy for critical systems Johan Van Rikxoort Product Manger, Alewijnse

Reduce the need for constant IT

ThinManager

Reduced total computing, cabling, and cabinet footprint by 75%, replacing 20 distributed on-board computers with one Stratus ftServer Doubled the lifespan of the compute platform from four years to eight years

refresh cycles to lower cost and

Reduced maintenance and

maintenance demands

service by 50% Simplified IT capability and adapted for OT environment and systems

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Dogfish Head Dogfish Head is an award-winning microbrewery located in Milton, Delaware that produces 262,000 barrels of beer in 12 varieties each year. The company had automated its unique hop-dosing process, but the solution became obsolete, resulting in unplanned shutdowns and increased cybersecurity risk.

Dogfish Head partnered with Penguin Solutions, deploying Stratus ftServer, to ensure continuous availability for a new manufacturing execution system that would fuel business growth and future-proof the plant.

Challenges Ensure the continuous availability of critical systems

With the solution that ProLeiT and Penguin Solutions have provided, we’re no longer limited by our automation system; we’re able to grow and the sky’s the limit.

Liz Stairs Process Improvement Specialist, Dogfish Head

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Enable the implementation

Solution Stratus ftServer Brewmaxx from ProLeiT by Schneider Electric

80% reduction in recipe creation and management time Eight additional brews are

of new equipment as

now possible per year due to

processes evolve

a faster mashing process

Fortify cybersecurity risks

Reduced hardware footprint,

with an up-to-date

from six legacy servers to

automation system

one ftServer

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Synthomer London-based multinational Specialty Chemicals company Synthomer produces additives and raw materials for coatings, paper, textiles, and health and protection products.

Previously, the company’s production facility in Piedmont, Italy was controlled by a collection of PLCs from different manufacturers. These islands of automation operated independently in siloes and were difficult and expensive to maintain and manage.

In 2018, Synthomer modernized the plant’s disjointed control system with an Stratus ftServer running Rockwell Automation PlantPAx® DCS. The project drove a considerable increase in production and revenue at the plant by putting in place a simple, standardized, and resilient system.

Challenges Centralize control of siloed PLC systems from

Redundancy at the compute level matched with PlantPAx DCS

different manufacturers

redundancy at the control level is a formidable combination

Solve the expense and

for downtime prevention for mission-critical applications. By partnering with Rockwell Automation to characterize this joint solution, we’re delivering a massive leap forward for operations.

Frank Hill Director, Rockwell Automation, Strategic Alliance at Penguin Solutions

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complexity of operating disparate PLCs

Solution Stratus ftServer

99.999% uptime with the fault-tolerant Stratus ftServer

Rockwell Automation PlantPAx DCS

Vast data availability empowers

System integration by Progecta

operators and fuels analytics 30% increase in production at the company’s Piedmont facility

Migrate to a distributed control system without shutting the plant down

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DC Water DC Water treats water and wastewater for 1.6 million people in the District of Columbia as well as neighboring counties in Maryland and Virginia. All together, the company covers a service area of roughly 725 square miles. The centerpiece of its work is the 150-acre Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, the largest facility of its kind in the world.

To provide continuous service on a massive scale, DC Water deployed a novel fault-tolerant edge computing architecture built on four Stratus ftServer platforms spread across multiple locations to run their sophisticated SCADA systems.

Challenges Deploy SCADA applications on resilient, fault-tolerant platform

In our line of work, we need responsive support, and Penguin Solutions’ engineers are right alongside us on every issue. Even if it’s a non-urgent issue, they will call me to follow up until the issue is resolved. They’re very responsive and diligent—and that’s just what we want.

Karen Green SCADA Manager, DC Water

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Provide reliable automated instrumentation for dozens of sites and facilities throughout the DC Water system

Solution Stratus ftServer AVEVA System Platform, InTouch, and Historian Rockwell PLC Schneider Electric PLC

Reduced system failover time to two minutes for the entire network (a 90% reduction) Enabled fast access to timely data for KPI analysis and regulatory reporting

Create real-time data for

No system downtime in six years,

analysis and executive/

enabling uninterrupted water

regulatory reporting

supply for 1.6 million consumers

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Columbia Pipeline Group Columbia Pipeline Group operates 15,000 miles of pipeline that extends from New York to the Gulf of Mexico. It also has one of the largest underground natural gas storage systems in North America. The company transports natural gas through its pipelines and supplies hospitals, industrial sites, and residential homes.

Columbia Pipeline deployed Stratus ftServer to meet industry requirements, simplify IT/OT infrastructure, consolidate software workloads via virtualization, and detect and address operational problems before they occur. The company eliminated its earlier cybersecurity risks as well as the cost of managing multiple servers from disparate vendors.

Challenges Upgrade systems in accordance with Pipeline and Hazardous

In the year that the Stratus ftServer has been deployed at our

Materials Safety Administration

facility, performance has been exactly what we expected; the

(PHMSA) and Control Room

support model has exceeded our expectations, and we foresee having Stratus platforms for a long, long time.

Steve Adams Lead Automation Electrical Engineer Columbia, Pipeline Group

Management (CRM) regulations

Solution Stratus ftServer Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk software suite

Improved reliability, configurability, and sustainability Captured data for advanced analytics that inform predictive maintenance Safeguarded against unplanned outages and catastrophic failures Virtualized applications run remotely, reducing the need for IT skills on site

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St. Louis Airport As a major transportation hub for 30 years, St. Louis Lambert International Airport is pursuing digital transformation to bring the benefits of Industry 4.0 to aviation.

Previously, technology projects were piecemeal, disconnected, and limited to one area of the facility at a time. The team selected Stratus ftServer to replace their aging and disparate management systems and accelerate digitalization across the entire airport.

Challenges Modernize a decades-old operation at the largest and

Solution Stratus ftServer

High availability is a big thing. When you're talking about

busiest airport in Missouri

AVEVA System Platform

moving an entire airport with multiple legacy siloed solutions

Deploy and scale compute

System integration by

over into one centralized system then you can't afford to have downtime.

infrastructure to optimize operations for more than 190,000 daily aircraft

Jeremy Meahl Regional Sales Engineer and Owner, Quantum Solutions

operations across four active runways, two terminals, and

Quantum Solutions

Enabled situational awareness and unified operations center backed by easy-to-use fault-tolerant computing Continuous availability for critical business applications Open and scalable software architecture

five concourses Support the transit of 15.6 million passengers and 74,000 tons of cargo per year

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Gurmat Electric Gurmat Electric operates the largest geothermal plant in Turkey. It provides power to a vast constituency.

Faced with major performance issues in its existing data, control, and network infrastructure, Gurmat Electric partnered with Penguin Solutions and Rockwell to develop an OT solution, which included deploying Stratus ftServer, that would accelerate their digitalization efforts.

Challenges Address network and security issues

One of the biggest advantages we are now seeing, in addition to the higher speeds and greater reliability, is the exclusion of multiple brands across the control infrastructure and network.

We now have a single vendor that is well equipped in both products and knowledge to cater to our precise needs.

Solution Stratus ftServer

Enabled more

Rockwell Automation solutions

robust cybersecurity

Reduce data-transfer hurdles

Increased availability of

across a large geography

real-time data

Update hardware and software

Delivered simpler and more

without shutting down the plant

effective diagnostics

Mustafa Yalvaç Automation Chief, Gurmat Electric

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Shanghai Disney Resort Shanghai Disney Resort was the first Disney park in mainland China. It delivers a world-class experience, with themed hotel stays, a Broadway-style theatre, and plenty of rides.

This 963-acre property requires a comprehensive water circulation and irrigation system as well as its own integrated water treatment plant. Four Stratus ftServer platforms in the water treatment control room run the entire park’s water control solution.

Challenges Eliminate even brief downtime, which poses a risk to

Shanghai Disney Resort, which we jointly own, manage, and operate with The Walt Disney Company, strives to offer a world-class experience of fantasy, imagination, creativity, and adventure. Our water circulation, treatment, and irrigation system enables us to provide a lush and welcoming park environment that exceeds national standards for surface water quality.

maintenance of water

We can count on the Stratus ftServer solution to eliminate single points of technical failure so this critical system runs continuously without unscheduled interruptions for smooth, reliable operations.

Deploy complex solution in time

Solution Stratus ftServer

Provided continuous availability for critical infrastructure

quality standards

Eliminated platform downtime

Manage water and wastewater

for operators

for a vast luxury resort that includes its own lake

and allow peace of mind

Achieved consistent compliance with water quality standards

for the park to welcome visitors

Mr. Pang Chief Engineer, Shanghai Disney

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