[Info-vax] VMS Software needs to port VAX DIBOL to OpenVMS X86 platform

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Arne Vajhøj via
>Info-vax
>Sent: December-24-20 2:38 PM
>To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
>Cc: Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk>
>Subject: Re: [Info-vax] VMS Software needs to port VAX DIBOL to OpenVMS
>X86 platform
>
>On 12/24/2020 10:13 AM, Comp.os.vms wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Stephen
>>> Hoffman via Info-vax And once all that's well along, y'all will
>>> prolly be busy porting to the descendants of this Arm server:
>>> https://www.servethehome.com/ampere-altra-wiwynn-mt-jade-server-
>>> review-the-most-significant-arm-server/
>>
>> Well, its an age-old discussion, but if there ever was a vote for what
VSI
>platform comes next after X86-64, my vote would be the Power10+
>architecture - not ARM.
>>
>> One big differentiator I believe for both existing and new OpenVMS
>Customers would be the huge level of HW based security encryption built
into
>the architecture.
> >
> >
><https://newsroom.ibm.com/2020-08-17-IBM-Reveals-Next-Generation-
>IBM-POWER10-Processor>
>
>It got more AES encryption power than the previous generation.
>
>And it may likely have more AES encryption power than x86-64.
>
>But I don't think AES encryption is really a bottleneck on servers in
general
>today, so the practical impact will be pretty small.
>
>> Another feature would be next gen large memory support.
>> <https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/09/03/the-memory-area-network-
>at-th
>> e-heart-of-ibms-power10/>
>
>So they can do 2 PB and x86-64 can only do 256 TB. So they can totally sit
on
>the market for systems with 256 TB to 2 PB memory.
>
>But that market is very much niche.
>
>Arne
>

The market is changing very rapidly. 

Seagate and Western Digital now offer 18TB disks.  (google "18TB disk")

Large enterprise class VMware servers hosting large numbers of VM's are
configured today with 1-2TB memory per server.

How many would have predicted these capabilities even 2 or 3 years ago?

Now, fast forward 5 years - its not hard to see what appear to be far away
limits being pushed.

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com






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