[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[JF Mezei]

John Wallace wrote:
>
> You might want to add (from 2008, so relatively recent):
> http://www.availabilitydigest.com/public_articles/0308/ns_blades.pdf

This is the first document that provides real (non marketing
gobbledeegook) information. Many thanks.

I am interested thought in finding out what is different between the
C-class chassis/blades used for NonStop and the ones uses for HP-UX/VMS.

are the blade cards with CPU the same ? if not, what is different ?

It *looks* like HP is using its standard C class enclosures and blade
boards with slightly different firmware and some peripheral modules to
add the management and fault detection logic. Is that the case ?



Also, out of curiosity, would Tandem customers really want to take 4
different cabinets with 4 CPUs each and merge them into a single Class
blade system with all 16 processors in one box ?  Seems to me that
having all their eggs in one blade enclosure seems more risky than
having at least 2 separate systems.