[Info-vax] My HobbyCluster comes back... :-)

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2013-02-17 13:13:02 +0000, MG said:
> 
>> On 11-feb-2013 18:18, Ingmar S. Horn wrote:
>>
>>> Ist Clustering between VAXen still really(!) no problem?
>>
>> What...?
> 
> Clustering with OpenVMS systems including VAX works as well and as 
> poorly as it has, with the features and benefits and feature 
> restrictions and configuration hassles that have been largely unchanged 
> over the past decade or so.
> 
> As for the official support status, all OpenVMS VAX went to "mature" 
> status at the beginning of 2013, and the few OpenVMS Alpha releases in 
> PVS are transitioning to lower-level support status.  Details are here: 
> <http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/openvms_supportchart.html>

VMS works on all 3, VAX, Alpha, and itanic.  I find it useful.

I don't agree, but it ain't my job, so what I think doesn't matter.  Our 
person in charge of support is trying to get the last customer using an 
Alpha to move to itanic.  His method, he will support some new stuff I'm 
working on solely on itanic, even though I used Alpha (and maybe VAX at 
times) to develop the software.  Go figure.

In his defense, the customer would have an itanic with 2-3 years of 
warranty for the cost of 2 years support on the Alpha.  It's actually a 
good move for the customer.

Me, I'll keep my beloved VAXs and Alphas.  I can still develop there, 
and the customers can run on Alpha or IA-64.  VAX just isn't an option 
for a production system.