[Info-vax] New filesystem mentioned

[Bob Koehler]

In article <mailman.38.1557972691.2301.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>, Kerry Main <kemain.nospam at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> The question is really what type of cluster strategy is being discussed?
> 
> There are two basic cluster models - shared-nothing (App level locking) =
> or Shared-disk (aka shared everything using a DLM).
> 
> There are pro's and con's with each model.
> 
> Shared disk (everything) includes not only OpenVMS, but also Linux/GFS2, =
> z/OS.=20
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFS2>
> 
> Shared nothing cluster models include *nix, Windows, NonStop and since =
> this model uses App level clustering, one could argue you "could" deploy =
> OpenVMS in a shared nothing cluster model as well.
> 

   Yes, I'm quite certain you can operate NFS based shared-nothing
   "clusters" on VMS.

   I wouldn't want to.