[Info-vax] Message from HP.

["Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer)"]

Le 09/12/2013 18:20, John Reagan a écrit :
> On Monday, December 9, 2013 11:59:00 AM UTC-5, Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer) wrote:
>> Le 09/12/2013 17:19, John Reagan a �crit :
>>
>>> Well, the ServerNet switch is proprietary [think: Star Coupler].
>>
>> It is just what I said : there will not be ServerNet on NSK port on x86
>>
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> ServerNet has nothing to do with the "nonstop" aspect of NSK no more that CI adapters have anything to do with OpenVMS Clustering other than providing a high speed data path with some redundancy.
>
> NSK on x86 will use a different (and off-the-shelf) interconnect with better performance.
>
My analysis of that, whether ServerNet is or isn't better than standard 
components is :
NSK was recognized as safe in the beginning for the same reasons about 
VAX/VMS : a tight link between good hardware and good software.
With time it evoluted, like VMS to something special only on software.
So : from a strict scientific aspect, there is no difference, now 
between structure of specific qualities between NSK and VMS.
On that point we agreed between VMS professionals and NSK professionals 
last week in France.
(Don't read troll, we are just profssionals, and we can think different 
and not be a troll).