[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/5/2021 8:46 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2021-08-05 kl. 14:38, skrev Jan-Erik Söderholm:
>> I do not see why clusters and HBVS would not work in an VirtualBox
>> environment. Not with physical shared disks of course, but over
>> the network.
>>
>> In the PDF from the last Webinar there is a SHOW CLUSTER output
>> shown having 10 nodes:
>> 2 nodes with V9.1 (x86 in a VM)
>> 2 nodes with 8.4-1H1 (older IA64)
>> 2 nodes with 8.4-2L2 (should be Alpha, I think)
>> 4 nodes with 8.4-2L3 (latest IA64)
>>
>> This might use some other VM environment than VirtualBox, but from
>> the VMS point of view that should not matter, as far as I understand.
> 
> The same webinar handouts also says about the 9.1 release:
> 
> "9.1 overview – what to expect
> • Bare metal support (limited)
>    – DL380 Gen9 and Gen10 with fibre channel shared storage and Smart Array
>    – A “buyer’s guide” will be provided
> • ISO installation (no more appliances)"
> 
> Then, in a side note to that, it says:
> 
> "Didn't quite make it into 9.1 (some driver issues) and will be
> made available just as soon as ready, most likely 9.1-A"
> 
> And from another page in that PDF it seems as 9.1-A could
> be out in "mid August"...

Which is why VM is going to be so popular.

DL380 Gen9 and Gen10 may be nice systems.

But there are just so many different systems out there. Most will
prefer to go VM instead such specific models.

And even when VSI adds more HPE and Dell servers it will be
a rather limited fraction of all that is out there.

Arne