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

[Ken Robinson]

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