[Info-vax] x86-64-based Superdomes on the way (says HP)

[Paul Sture]

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:18:43 -0800, Ken Robinson wrote:

> On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:14:46 PM UTC-5, Phillip Helbig---undress
> to reply wrote:
>> In article <4ed3dea8$0$6909$e4fe... at news2.news.xs4all.nl>, MG
>> <marc... at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes:
>> 
>> > On 27-11-2011 11:26, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
>> > > Clustering is important, and AFAIK no other system can do what VMS
>> > > could do already 20 years ago, but it is one relatively small part
>> > > of VMS.
>> > 
>> > Way more than 'just' 20 by now, but yes.
>> 
>> Not that much.  When was clustering introduced?  Late 1980's?
> 
> I worked on my first VAX Cluster in late 1984. In fact the cluster I was
> managing was the first one that our local DEC office installed and they
> were stymied for two weeks by a cryptic error message that occurred when
> they tried to boot the 3 systems with separate system disks into the
> cluster for the first time.
> 
> Ken

I recall turning down a job in 1986 because they weren't intending to use 
clusters.  As things turned out, I didn't manage to get my hands on one 
(in the management sense) until 1991.



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Paul Sture