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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 6/29/2015 12:28 PM, Dirk Munk wrote:
> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> Yes, I know. But that doesn't mean that it is a *Java-only* package.
> It's just like with OpenOffice and LibreOffice. They also need Java, but
> have non-Java components as well.

True.

But Cassandra is not like that.

Arne