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description: An overview of the StarlingX project
title: Learn
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The StarlingX virtualization platform focuses on easy deployment, low touch manageability, rapid response to events and
fast recovery -- think control at the edge, control between IoT and cloud, and control over your virtual machines.

Rather than reference platforms and gap definition for edge use cases, StarlingX provides a deployment-ready, scalable
and highly reliable edge infrastructure software platform to build mission critical edge clouds. Tested and released as
a complete stack, StarlingX ensures compatibility among diverse open source components. Its unique project components
provide fault management and service management among others to ensure high availability of user applications. The
StarlingX community has optimized the solution for security, ulta-low latency, extremely high service uptime, and
streamlined operation.

**[View this overview document for helpful information](/collateral/StarlingX_OnePager_Web-102318.pdf)**

**[Read the StarlingX Project Overview deck](/collateral/StarlingX-Onboarding-Deck-Web.pdf)**

**[Watch the OSF Community Webinar dedicated to StarlingX onboarding](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9uwGnKD6tM&t)**

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## StarlingX Use Cases

StarlingX is designed for ultra-low latency edge applications that require location optimization, security, and high
throughput. Some of the targeted use cases where StarlingX is being used include:

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    <h3>Ultra Low-latency 5G
      and Industrial IoT (IIoT)</h3>
    <ul class="list-disc">
      <li>Autonomous vehicles (drones, cars and trucks)</li>
      <li>Industrial automation (robotics and virtual Programmable Logic Controller (vPLC)</li>
      <li>Cloud/virtual Radio Access Network (cRAN/vRAN)</li>
      <li>Smart city/buildings (metering and monitoring)</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div class="column">
    <img class="use-case-single-diagram" src="/images/starlingx_usecases_industrial_automation.svg" alt="">
  </div>
</div>

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    <img class="use-case-single-diagram" src="/images/starlingx_usecases_healthcare.svg" alt="">
  </div>
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    <h3>High Bandwidth, Large Volume Applications</h3>
    <ul class="list-disc">
      <li>Mobile HD video</li>
      <li>Content delivery</li>
      <li>Healthcare (imaging and diagnostics)</li>
      <li>Caching and surveillance</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

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    <h3>Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC)</h3>
    <ul class="list-disc">
      <li>Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR)</li>
      <li>Enterprise focused small cell services for stadiums and high-density locations</li>
      <li>Unified Customer Premise Equipment (uCPE) applications</li>
      <li>Retail</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div class="column">
    <img class="use-case-single-diagram" src="/images/starlingx_usecases_uCPE.svg" alt="">
  </div>
</div>

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