[Info-vax] Basic Questions

[Bob Koehler]

In article <0a10fc19-f772-40cc-a40e-8c732b5ad404 at i18g2000pro.googlegroups.com>, Julian R A Manning <julian.r.a.manning at gmail.com> writes:
> Hello
> 
> I have the following basic questions about VMS:
> 
> Type of OS? For example is it single/multi-user, multitasking etc?

   Multi-user general purpose operating system with both timesharing and
   real-time features, good for server and desktop applications, fully
   scaleable from desktop to mainframe, extreemely secure.  Has single
   system uptimes of up to 14 years, and share-everything cluster uptimes
   (and application availability) of up to 17 years.  Thats no crashes,
   no reboots, ... for 14 to 17 years.

> 
> General Features? For example firewall, GUI?

   Multiple GUIs have been supported, currently X11 windows with CDE
   as the "prefered" desktop.

> Minimum Hardware Requirements?

   A VAX 11/725?  Seriously, it runs on VAX, Alpha, or Itanium platforms
   and the specifics for each version can be found in the SPDs, which can
   be found from the FAQ.
 
> File Systems supported?

   Yes.

   Oh, ODS-1 (only on VAX), ODS-2, ODS-3 (ISO CD), ODS-4 (High Sierra CD), 
   and ODS-5 (only partially supported on VAX).  NFS and applications
   which transfer to/from FAT are available.

> Applications?

   Thousands.  Please see the vendor's publications.