Stratus SI Case Study Compendium

Case Study Compendium

Rapid Transformation at the Edge Eight system integrator successes to learn from

Rapid Transformation and Project Success with Zero-Touch Edge Computing

Stratus ztC EdgeTM

Digital transformation is an imperative for all businesses. To accelerate this process, end users are turning to system integrators (SIs) for technology

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

solutions that improve efficiency, performance, and safety. Zero-touch

• High availability or fault tolerant

edge computing provides SIs a foundation for project success by delivering

• UL Class I Div 2 certified

unmatched reliability and rapid transformation of IT infrastructure.

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

Stratus ftServer ®

• 100,000+ input/outputs (I/Os) • 30+ virtual machines (VMs)

The following eight SI customer success stories showcase how system

• Intelligent uptime layer

integrators are leveraging edge computing to deliver continued success for

• Fault tolerant

customers in industries ranging from Oil & Gas to specialty chemical manufacturing to transportation.

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Streamline Innovations Based in San Antonio, Texas, Streamline Innovations is a Penguin Solutions system integrator that 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 ValkyrieTM Intelligent Platform to bring AI-powered predictive maintenance, remote operation, and 99.5% uptime to its remote oilfield equipment.

Goals Identify a compute platform to combine IT and OT capabilities

Having seen what the Stratus ztC Edge platform is capable of

for monitor and control of

in a complex solution such as the Super Valkyrie, it’s clear that

complex chemical processes in

edge technology has a lot to offer the Oil & Gas industry.

I am talking about smart wellheads, smart glycol units, smart JT skids, and more.

Dr. Peter Photos CTO, Streamline Innovations

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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

in remote Oil & Gas locations

predictive maintenance

Achieve 95% uptime and meet

Achieved 99.5% uptime,

customer automation budgets

surpassing 95% customer service-level agreement (SLA)

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Loginet & Petra Srl Petra Srl owns and operates one of Italy’s largest oil depots, loading hundreds of trucks and handling millions of liters of oil and gasoline each day. To improve the efficiency of depot operations, Petra runs Nuovo Petrol, a next-generation terminal automation solution from experienced SI, Loginet.

With the Loginet solution and Stratus ztC Edge platforms, Petra automated manual processes and integrated disparate terminal systems to reduce risk, enable real-time data, and centralize visibility into operations. The company reduced depot load times by 33% and has experienced zero downtime since adopting Stratus fault tolerant platforms a decade ago.

Goals Automate terminal operations to

Stratus ztC Edge in paired

improve accuracy, ensure

fault-tolerant configuration

Petra hasn’t had an unplanned outage in more than 10 years.

security, maximize safety, gain

They've never experienced any business disruption with

efficiency, and reduce costs

Penguin Solutions as their foundation. When our customers

Manage 35 tanks for oil-product

need that extreme level of reliability, we will continue to rely

storage, with approximately

on Penguin Solutions for continuous computing.

5,000 tons of product

Gianluigi Campisano Automation Engineer, Loginet

Solution

shipped daily Operational visibility for analysis, alerting, and improvement

Reduced filling time by 33% Connected real-time operations

Loginet Nuovo Petrol Terminal

to enterprise resource planning

Automation System

(ERP) and customs reporting

Loginet IBIS LT2 Badge Reader

Enabled depot-wide visibility into

Loginet GraL Terminal

operations by unifying systems and ensuring data capture with edge computing Experienced zero unplanned downtime on terminal automation system for 10 years using Stratus edge computing platforms

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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. As a Penguin Solutions SI, they design, deliver, and create 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.

Goals 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

Decreased 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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Progecta & 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 operate. In 2018, Synthomer modernized the plant’s disparate control system with a Stratus ftServer running Rockwell Automation PlantPAx® DCS with help from SI, Progecta. The project drove a considerable increase in production and revenue at the plant by creating a simple, standardized, and resilient system.

Goals Centralize control of siloed PLC systems from

Redundancy at the compute level matched with PlantPAx

different manufacturers

DCS redundancy at the control level is a formidable

Solve for the expense and

combination 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 a fault-tolerant Stratus ftServer

Rockwell Automation PlantPAx DCS

Vast data availability empowers operators and fuel analytics

System integration from Progecta

Production increase of 30% at the company’s Piedmont facility

Migrate to a distributed control system without shutting the plant down

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Quantum Solutions & 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 at the airport were piecemeal, disconnected, and limited to one area of the facility at a time. On the recommendation of the St Louis Airport consultant, SI Quantum Solutions used Stratus ftServer to replace an aging and disparate building management system and accelerate digitalization across the entire airport.

Goals 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 transport of 15.6 million passengers and 74,000 tons of cargo per year

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Dynamic Controls Inc. Dynamic Controls Inc. represents Schneider Electric focused on HVAC, power and energy controls, life-safety and security solutions, building management systems, building integration, and systems service and maintenance.

DCI combined Schneider Electric EcoStruxure with Stratus ftServer to optimize the operation of a large data center customer in Denver, Colorado. Using EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert, the solution integrated disparate systems from multiple vendors with Modbus and BACnet protocols. The Stratus ftServer provided redundancy and downtime protection, giving continuous and extended visibility across the organization even in the event of power issues or transfer tests.

Goals Centralize and integrate disparate systems into a single

EcoStruxure with Stratus platforms were the big winners

digitalized core

because it could handle all the data center operations,

Provide power redundancy and

integrating all siloed operations on a single platform, and in the process, consolidating all the disparate data and islands of automation.

operations fail-over to reduce risk for data center operator

Solution Stratus ftServer

Deployed fault-tolerant

Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Building Operation

Power Monitoring Expert

from unplanned downtime Reduced compute footprint

Schneider Electric PowerLogic Rolla Starkey Branch Manager, Dynamic Controls Inc

availability to protect 12,000-square-foot data center

Schneider Electric EcoStruxure

PM5560 Power Meters

system with 99.999%

from multiple computers to a single Stratus ftServer Lowered costs and increased capacity for future growth by reducing hardware, panel space, and wiring

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Enginuity Global & QuarterNorth Energy QuarterNorth Energy, a leading Oil & Gas producer that operates deepwater, shallow, and shelf assets in the Gulf of Mexico, needed to modernize infrastructure and process control technology on its Bullwinkle oil platform. This project was critical for improving safety and responsiveness, eliminating costly downtime, and driving operational excellence.

QuarterNorth Energy turned to Enginuity Global, an SI with expertise in process automation, control, and field services. In only 45 days, Enginuity upgraded all of the PLC panels and deployed a single fault-tolerant Stratus ftServer platform to centralize operations and enable separate process control and safety shutdown systems.

Goals Modernize legacy control systems and infrastructure on

Solution Stratus ftServer

The Stratus ftServer is a tank. It offers a simplistic approach to

existing oil platform

Rockwell Automation PlantPAx

a complex system. Part of our motto at Enginuity is, ’We

Centralize control systems

Factory Talk® historian with

simplify a complex world.’ Stratus servers definitely help reduce some of that complexity and we were able to save a substantial amount of money using them.

Update servers, workstations, and controllers Improve system response time

Eric Belgard Lead for Automation and Controls, Enginuity

to boost reaction time,

Consolidated 12 applications running on six servers into a

DCS including HMI/SCADA and

single, fault-tolerant Stratus ftServer compute platform

SQL Server supporting 6,000

Centralized monitor and control

input/outputs (I/Os)

resulted in higher yield, improved

Anti-virus and cluster management software

decision making, and

System integration by

operational visibility

Enginuity Global

safety, and no downtime for critical applications Improved system response time by 1000% (from more than 20 seconds to just milliseconds)

Expand control system/safety system capacity

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RoviSys & Leading Life Sciences Company A leading life sciences company that manufactures cell biology and DNA, RNA, and protein analysis products needed to eliminate downtime and data loss in order to avoid costly disruptions and ensure regulatory compliance.

In one week, RoviSys, a global SI specializing in automation, deployed Stratus ftServer and Stratus ztC Edge platforms running Rockwell Automation PlantPAx at three manufacturing sites. The new production control architectures provided fault tolerance, simplified validation, converged OT and IT, and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) by 15-20% compared to a cluster solution. The life sciences company has since experienced no downtime and is able to service its Stratus platforms without dedicated IT support.

Goals Eliminate downtime and data loss in batch manufacturing

Solution Stratus ftServer

With Stratus ftServers’ longevity and durability and

across three sites

Stratus ztC Edge

streamlined FAT/SAT verification, our customer has a

Ensure data reliability for FDA

Rockwell PlantPAx software

top-performing, high-availability solution for the long haul.

regulation, good manufacturing practice (GMP)

Network Engineer RoviSys

requirements, and Verified Conformity Assessment

for campus-wide production control

Eliminated downtime and consolidated software workloads Reduced factory acceptance test (FAT)/site acceptance test (SAT) times from weeks to hours; completed full validation in one week

Program (VCAP) parameters

Reduced TCO by 15-20% and

Enable manufacturing

lifespan to 15 years

increased compute infrastructure

operations team to maintain and support compute infrastructure without high-level IT support

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Harness Opportunities at the Edge Edge computing is projected to become a $15B market over the next few years, which means tremendous opportunity for SIs with the right expertise.

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