[Info-vax] OpenVMS x86-64 and RDB and DB's in general on OpenVMS

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Dirk Munk skrev den 2015-06-29 17:22:
> Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 2015-06-29 12:25:42 +0000, Dirk Munk said:
>>
>>> I had a look at the Cassandra home page, and it didn't make me happy.
>>> To start with it doesn't even say for which OS it is written. It's
>>> Linux of course, but which type? Which version? x86 Linux only? 32 bit
>>> and 64 bit? There's also a Windows version, but again no information
>>> about 32 bit or 64 bit. And it hasn't been tested on Windows 8. I've
>>> got news for them, Windows 8.1 is current, and Windows 10 is around
>>> the corner.
>>>
>>> Why is it that the people who make these web sites can't even write
>>> down the simplest information. That's always the problem with these
>>> projects, simple straight forward documentation. The software may be
>>> fine, but it is such a pain to get all the information you need to get
>>> it running. One more reason to like VMS I suppose.
>>
>> Both the FAQ and Getting Started indicate Java, and the Getting Started
>> recommends "Cassandra requires the most stable version of Java 7 or 8
>> you can deploy, preferably the Oracle/Sun JVM. Cassandra also runs on
>> OpenJDK and the IBM JVM. (It will NOT run on JRockit, which is only
>> compatible with Java 6.)", and there are pre-built VMs available to ease
>> deployment in your local VM.
>>
>>
> Yes, I've read that too. But it doesn't seem to be a Java-only product.
> Just have a look at this page:
> http://planetcassandra.org/cassandra/

All "Installation Guides" on that page has Java as a prerequisites.