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[JF Mezei]

On 14-02-13 10:58, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:

> VMS will not be more supported on an emulator, so
> you win little by degrading from IA64 to Alpha.
> 
> If you plan to run un-supported after 2025, you can
> just as well run it on real (self-supported) hardware.


Emulated solution gives you more modern component supports, in
particular disks and networking interconnects. Your old IA64 or physical
alpha will give you the equivalent of a Thick Coax ethernet 10mbps half
duplex compared to todays 10gbps fibre interconnect.

Finding good old 50 pin SCSI drives today to fit 10 year old hardware is
pretty hard. Fast forward 10 more years and finding disks for todays's
SATA/SAS drives will be just as hard.

For those truly attached at the hip to VMS, emulation is likely the best
long term solution in my opinion.