[Info-vax] HP Integrity rx2800 i4 (2.53GHz/32.0MB) :: PAKs won't load

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-02-28 18:42:04 +0000, Kerry Main said:

> the key differentiators of OpenVMS Cluster design is support for either 
> active-active or active-passive shared everything architectures.

How'd that work out for DEC, BTW?

Ayup, the product does matter.   But so does the ease of use and the 
configuration and management and maintenance interfaces and tools, 
availability of staff and of tools and applications, the product price, 
a path for revenues for the third-party vendors, integration with the 
existing environments and staff, and — yes — marketing.   Among other 
details.

But back to my original comments here — clustering is a mess to manage 
and maintain.   Beyond the files, there's a small forest of system 
parameters that generally need to be dealt with, too.   Then there's 
stuff like whether a swapfile even still matters — how many folks are 
seeing swapping these days, after all?    But I digress.    Sure, great 
products are great.   Great products that are difficult to manage and 
to use and to maintain... tend to be rather less great and rather less 
successful.

Hey VSI, please remember to put the biggest product announcement you've 
ever done — the upcoming V8.4-2 — all across the entire front page of 
your web site.  Don't bury it in a footnote somewhere.

Posting some release docs would be nice, too.  When those are ready.


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