[Info-vax] WHY IS VSI REQUIRING A HYPERVISOR FOR X86 OPENVMS?

[Dave Froble]

On 12/20/2020 3:53 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <i49hq6Ft1lbU1 at mid.individual.net>, Andrew Brehm
> <ajbrehm at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I don't see that they are requiring a hypervisor.
>>
>> But I also don't see your point. In my experience bare metal
>> requirements cost more money because you need to buy and support/install
>> extra hardware for the platform. With a hypervisor you can just add
>> OpenVMS instances on your existing hardware.
>
> Assuming that you have such existing hardware.  So, cheaper for those
> already rich.  :-|
>

First, I doubt you could find a bigger bigot than I am about having 
anything between the HW and VMS.  You could try, you would fail.

But that written, I did take a look at things, got an old version of 
VirtualBox running on a WEENDOZE XP system, Got a current version 
running on a WEENDOZE 7 system, and played around with some things.  I 
actually tried to create an instance of W95, W2K, XP, and W7, but some 
of the older stuff was a problem.  Regardless, I did see the advantages 
of using a VM, I may be stubborn, but not inclined to cut off my nose to 
spite my face.

On the other hand, I'm not too keen on getting some HP or Dell stuff.  I 
build my own systems.  Fairly cheap.

So, I most likely will run x86 VMS on a VM instance, or more than one, 
on the cheap HW I use, regardless of prior prejudice against anything 
between VMS and the HW.  Usage will mostly be software development, not 
production   Time will tell if that will be adequate.

The thing is, I'll be able to use the latest HW available, SSDs, and 
such, and still run VMS.  For several hundred dollars of HW.  That's a 
win.  Spend more if you want.  I cannot justify doing so.

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