[Info-vax] How would you load balance excess webserver traffic between multiple OpenVMS servers?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/14/2021 3:53 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 1/14/2021 11:19 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 1/13/2021 11:38 PM, ultr... at gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 9:30:07 PM UTC-5,
>>> kemain... at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> From: Info-vax <info-vax... at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of ultr...--- via
>>>>> Info-vax
>>>>> thanks I'm already aware of those but I would run TCPware over
>>>>> multinet. It
>>>>> runs faster. I did the testing years ago
>>>>> before I selected TCPware. And yes I know about IPV6 but that can be
>>>>> addressed down the road if it ever fully materializes.
>>>>
>>>> There were numerous major perf enhancements to Multinet in V5.4, 5.5
>>>> and most recently V5.6.
>>>>
>>>> While there may be still perf differences between Multinet and
>>>> TCPware, I suspect today, the differences are negligible.
>>>
>>> that has nothing to do with it tcpware was designed for the vms kernel
>>> multinet was not.
>>
>> ????
>>
>> What OS was Multinet designed for?
>>
>> I always thought it was a VMS only product.
> 
> Keep in mind we're talking about the memory of a senile old man ...
> 
> I seem to recall a product, perhaps from Australia, maybe woolagon 
> (spelling) that was the basis for Multinet.  Though it might have been 
> another early TCP/IP product.

Wollongong TCP/IP was I believe a separate project.

Back when VAX was "it" we had:
* UCX
* Multinet
* TCPWare
* Wollongong
* CMU

Arne