[Info-vax] ES47 2G FC and rx2800 i4 8G FC in same VMS Cluster with Shadowsets on shared storage controller? Is this possible?

[Craig A. Berry]

On 3/13/20 4:06 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <r4gsik$fdk$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> 
>> Itanics will be a significant upgrade for most VMS users.  If one needs
>> it today, then obtain it today.
> 
> Right, but if they are still on Alpha in 2020, they very probably don't
> need the performance.

Not necessarily.  There are workloads that grow steadily and reach a
tipping point.  Companies acquire other companies and suddenly have
twice as much data as they had yesterday.  And many other scenarios
where a system that has been chugging along for a long time has a lot
more work to do on short notice.