Stratus VOS

Stratus VOS (Virtual Operating System) is a proprietary operating system running on Stratus Technologies fault-tolerant computer systems. VOS is available on Stratus's ftServer and Continuum platforms. VOS customers use it to support high-volume transaction processing applications which require continuous availability. VOS is notable for being one of the few operating systems which run on fully lockstepped hardware.

VOS or OpenVOS
DeveloperStratus Technologies
Written inPL/I, C, Assembly language
OS familyMultics-like
Working stateCurrent
Source modelClosed source
Latest release19.3.1ag / June 2022
Platformsi860, x86, PA-RISC, 68k
Kernel typeMonolithic kernel
Influenced byMultics, Unix
LicenseKernel: Stratus Technologies
Drivers, libraries, and user-land programs: Stratus Technologies, Other
Official websiteStratus VOS

During the 1980s, an IBM version of Stratus VOS existed and was called the System/88 Operating System.

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