[Info-vax] Marketing ideas for VSI ?

[Dave Froble]

On 12/17/2018 1:00 PM, Rich Jordan wrote:
> I've wondered if DEC, or now VSI could make a minimal 'quorum node'
> to live on the network and do nothing but the bare minumum to be a
> low resource low cost (and low hindrance) 'vote' for a LAVC.  Some of
> our customers kept an old VAX or VAXstation around for that purpose
> when they downsized from VAX/11 systems with star couplers and HSCs
> to microVAXen or early Alpha LAVCs; they did nothing any more but act
> as the third node.
>

I'm going to suggest that such an idea isn't worthwhile today.  In the 
past, yes.

With the rather low cost of x86 stuff, without any special work, having 
a third compute engine would be easier, and cheaper.  No special work 
for VSI, or anyone.

Got to be ready to re-look at things, based on what can be done today.

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