Fault-tolerant systems for mission-critical workloads HPE Nonstop Compute
Keep essential operations moving with a unified solution built for continuous availability, linear scalability, and advanced zero trust security.
Always-on innovation with HPE Nonstop Compute
See HPE Nonstop Compute in action across the full stack—from the operating system and real-time database engine, to integrated management, security, and development tools built for continuous operations.
Benefits of HPE Nonstop Compute
Continuous availability and reliability
Support continuous operations during peak demand and unexpected disruption with fault-tolerant design.
Scalability
Add capacity without disruption while preserving performance, data integrity, and reliability across expanding workloads.
Robust security
Protect critical data with built-in zero trust security, real-time threat detection, and advanced protections for evolving risks.
Our customers
Quantify the business impact of always-on operations
See outcomes from a Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ study showing how continuous availability can help reduce downtime, protect revenue, strengthen security, and support scalable growth for workloads that cannot go dark.
Estimate the financial impact of always-on operations for your organization with the ROI calculator.
Explore HPE Nonstop Compute options
Choose the right foundation for your business with HPE Nonstop Compute systems, deployment models, and software capabilities designed for continuous availability, security, and scalable performance.
- Fully integrated systems
- Deployment models
- Software capabilities
-
HPE Nonstop Compute NS9 X5
The HPE Nonstop Compute NS9 X5 delivers continuous availability with an upgraded x86 architecture, increased memory and bandwidth, and massive scalability—enabling fast, reliable, high‑volume transaction processing (OLTP) for today's mission‑critical business applications.
-
HPE Nonstop Compute NS5 X5
The HPE Nonstop Compute NS5 X5 brings 100% fault tolerance and continuous availability to smaller enterprises, with upgraded x86 performance, expanded memory, and reliable Nonstop software—delivering fast, dependable OLTP processing for distributed computing and development environments.
-
HPE Virtualized Nonstop Software
HPE Virtualized Nonstop Software enables mission-critical applications to benefit from the unique scalability and availability advantages offered by the HPE Nonstop platform within an enterprise private cloud. Built on customers' infrastructure of choice, the solution is backward compatible with applications running on x86-based HPE Nonstop Compute solutions, simplifying migration.
-
GreenLake Flex Solution built for high availability compute
This solution offers an integrated, cloud-like experience for HPE Nonstop Compute platform via GreenLake, facilitating customer modernization with a pay-as-you-go, consumption-based model that avoids large capital expenditures.
-
HPE Nonstop Compute security overview
Choose from a comprehensive set of security capabilities spanning platform, data, users, and applications with zero trust security design and AI/ML based monitoring, complemented with a robust ecosystem of partner solutions and demonstrate security compliance with regulations.
-
Scalable database
Deploy a multi-tenant, self-provisioning database that is fault tolerant, enables low risk, provides cost-effective [KJ1.1]ports from other clustered database platforms for use by new applications and customers, and actively supports existing SQL-based customers.
-
Business continuity
Protect your business from disasters with sophisticated solutions that enable real‑time failover, allowing a geographically distant system to seamlessly take over processing. Replicate and integrate data from your HPE Nonstop Compute database into heterogeneous databases across other server platforms to ensure continuous operations and resilience.
-
Application development
Work in an integrated development environment (IDE) based on Eclipse™, a popular GUI-based IDE having integrated set of tools and facilities to develop, build, deploy, and debug applications— improving productivity and enhancing your experience with HPE Nonstop Compute application development.
-
IT management tools
Leverage a range of operations management products including configuration, workload management, performance management, availability monitoring, capacity planning, security, SNMP, and web-based manageability software for your HPE Nonstop Compute environment.
FAQs
What is HPE Nonstop Compute?
HPE Nonstop Compute is a fault-tolerant computing platform designed for mission-critical applications that require continuous business operations. It combines hardware, software, database, security, and management capabilities in an integrated architecture. The platform supports continuous availability, transaction integrity, linear scalability, and advanced security for high-volume workloads. Organizations use HPE Nonstop Compute when service interruptions or lost transactions could materially affect revenue, customers, operations, regulatory obligations, or public services.
How does HPE Nonstop Compute maintain continuous application availability?
HPE Nonstop Compute maintains continuous application availability through a fault-tolerant architecture designed to keep workloads operating during hardware or software failures, maintenance, and periods of peak demand. Redundant components and automated fault management help prevent individual failures from interrupting applications or transactions. This integrated approach supports operational continuity while reducing the disruption users may experience when infrastructure components fail or require service.
How is HPE Nonstop Compute different from traditional high-availability solutions?
HPE Nonstop Compute uses an integrated fault-tolerant architecture intended to keep applications and transactions operating through component failures. Traditional high-availability environments may rely on combinations of clustering, failover, restart, and recovery technologies to restore or continue service. Organizations comparing these approaches should evaluate application continuity, transaction integrity, recovery behavior, operational complexity, and the business impact of interruption. The right architecture depends on each workload’s availability and resilience requirements.
What workloads and industries are best suited for HPE Nonstop Compute?
HPE Nonstop Compute is best suited for high-volume, transaction-intensive workloads that require continuous operation, reliable processing, and strong transaction integrity. Common use cases include payment processing, banking, telecommunications, transportation, manufacturing operations, retail transactions, and other essential systems of record. It is particularly relevant when downtime or inconsistent transaction processing could interrupt services, affect customers, create financial exposure, or disrupt critical business and public operations.
How does HPE Nonstop Compute scale as transaction demands grow?
HPE Nonstop Compute uses a shared-nothing, massively parallel, distributed architecture designed for linear scalability. Organizations can add processing capacity incrementally to support rising transaction volumes while maintaining application continuity, data integrity, reliability, and performance. This approach helps businesses expand mission-critical workloads without relying on a disruptive platform replacement. Capacity can grow alongside demand, supporting both established applications and evolving digital services that require dependable, high-volume transaction processing.
How does HPE Nonstop Compute support security and regulatory compliance?
HPE Nonstop Compute uses a multilayered security approach spanning the platform, data, users, and applications. Capabilities include zero trust security design, encryption, identity management, workload isolation, platform controls, and monitoring designed to help protect critical environments. These capabilities can support organizations as they address security, operational resilience, and regulatory requirements. Compliance remains dependent on an organization’s complete technology environment, configurations, processes, controls, and applicable obligations.
More ways to explore
HPE Education Services
Get the most from your HPE Nonstop Compute solution with training designed around your unique business needs. HPE Education Services offers courses designed to empower your IT teams with the skills needed to run your HPE Nonstop Compute solution with our expert-led training.
Take the next steps
Ready to get started? Explore purchasing options or engage with HPE experts to determine the best solution for your business needs.
News and resources
-
BrochureHPE Nonstop Services
Mission-critical environments require special expertise to help drive business continuity, high availability, massive scalability, and operational efficiency that your enterprise demands. Leverage the specialized expertise of HPE Nonstop Services and discover how to positively transform your IT operating model and business outcomes.
Read the brochure
