[Info-vax] IS everyone waiting?

[abrsvc]

On Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 7:25:25 AM UTC-4, clairg... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 7:07:39 AM UTC-4, abrsvc wrote:
> > > I remember the promise of VSI to support (at least) Alpha and X46 (and 
> > > Itanium) in a mixed-architecture cluster.
> > 
> > There was some discussion about this at the bootcamp this year.  IRRC, the result was that mixed clusters would be supported and that VSI versions of the software would likely be required. And yes, this includes an Alpha version.  This may require an upgrade to V8.4 though.  With the release of the x86 version, there would be enhancements to performance etc that would be "disabled" with Alpha systems being part of the cluster as these enhancements would not be back-ported.  This was part of the discussion.
> > 
> > If there are specific needs for rolling upgrades in a cluster environment, I would suggest that contact be made with VSI directly.  As stated above, these topics are under discussion and investigation.  VSI needs to hear from the customer base on this.
> > 
> > Dan
> 
> We want to support Alpha/Itanium/x86 in a cluster. The issue is if the Alpha system is running HPE VMS there are things we will not be able to do because we can't provide changes to HPE VMS.  If all systems are running a VSI release (does not have to be the same version) then we have complete control and can make cluster-wide enhancements that benefit all systems.

Thank you for the clarification.