[Info-vax] i4 Possible?

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Stephen Hoffman wrote 2014-02-07 12:42:
> On 2014-02-07 10:33:49 +0000, Olaf Leonhardt said:
>
>> Can anyone tell me whether OpenVMS could run on i4 without changes?
>
>  From several sources, vanilla V8.4 will boot with the right hardware
> configurations, but some parts may or may not meet local expectations or
> requirements.  There's nothing in V8.4 that takes particular advantage of
> the processor or system changes in the Poulson i4-class servers,...

Apart from the higher speed, as far as the benchmarks I have seen.


Jan-Erik.

> and
> there'll be a few areas that will be weird or wonky.  Four sockets
> (32C/64T), maximum.
>
> My words, not theirs.
>
> I'd look to load the current UPDATE, just because vanilla V8.4 had its own
> issues.
>
> Whether this works well enough for your needs will require local testing.
>
> AFAIK, HP is not supporting any Poulson-based configuration.
>
> Put another way, try it.
>
>