[Info-vax] Next release of OpenVMS x86

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/13/2020 5:43 AM, IanD wrote:
> I thought the Hashgraph idea had merit
> 
> Hashgraph isn't blockchain, it's different
> 
> It had potential for expanding the number of VMS nodes in a cluster
> while supporting a high transaction rate, 100k+/second is the claimed
> throughout rate. You could have up to 10k? nodes in the cluster but I
> think the transaction resolution rate drops to around 3 seconds but
> for say 500 nodes, I would guess (and I don't have the data) the
> resolution rates would drop to a fraction of a second
> 
> It's not blockchain, it's a different technology beast at heart
> 
> But I guess the realm that VMS is playing in for clusters there no
> need or desire to scale any higher than what it currently does


There is certainly a market for large scale cluster. Lots
of products in that space.

But for obvious reasons people tend to prefer free OS's
for so many nodes.

Arne