[Info-vax] Databases versus RMS

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In article <4f931b44$0$1548$c3e8da3$92d0a893 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>Johnny Billquist wrote:
>
>> I wonder - does VMS have code to handle a restart, or will it go and 
>> reboot itself anyway?
>
>There were a couple of VAX models that had battery backed up RAM memory
>and there was code that would allow the machine to more or less continue
>when power came back on.
>
>There was also a function (not sure if still in there) that allowed you
>to save memory to disk, power down and power up and restart from memory.
>The goal was to get to a running system quickly after power failure.
>(you'd save a "good" system image to disk and used that when booting to
>fill the ram, processes etc so the system could essentially continue to
>run from that saved system image.

Fast-boot, implemented by Ed Los et al.  It was there in V6.x of VMS for
VAX but it was quickly made an obsolete feature.  I used to use it on my
MicroVAX-2000 and VAXstation-2000.  It would have VMS up and running in
under 15 seconds on my 2000s



>I know that OS-X has that functiolity for laptops. It goes to sleep, but
>if batteries go below certain level, RAM is saved to disk and the unit
>totally shut down. When you power it up again, it restored RAM from disk
>and continues where it left off.

Some Linux have a very similar feature as well.  It's great for laptops
which will be quickly put to sleep when one closes the display and moves
elsewhere with the laptop.  However, and this may only apply to me, I'd
prefer my VMS systems to NEVER go to sleep! ;)

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