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

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-06-29 15:22:54 +0000, Dirk Munk said:

> 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/

You've found some platform-specific easy installer kits — in OpenVMS 
terms, those are PCSI kits with the Java code, and with some DCL that 
provides the tailored and platform-specific startup script.   Load 
current Java and load one of those, and off you go.

If you'd prefer to spin up a VM guest locally or on your preferred 
hosting service — rather than installing something into your local OS 
environment — those are available at: 
http://planetcassandra.org/try-cassandra/   This'll be the easiest way 
to experiment.   It's one of the more common approaches for testing 
code, and also for deployments.

If you'd prefer to run a build of Cassandra locally, that looks pretty 
easy.  Details: https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/HowToBuild

If OpenVMS had Java 8, Cassandra might well work natively, either after 
a little reverse-engineering to bring the startups and related bits 
over to DCL, or via a current GNV bash kit.  If VSI does get the 
prerequisite Java and does get some traction with newer environments 
and requirements, I'd expect to see that Cassandra PCSI kit become 
available.

Here's an IT management whitepaper on Cassandra: 
http://www.datastax.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/WP-DataStax-Cloud.pdf


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