[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS V9.1 Field Test beginning.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/1/2021 5:30 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2021-07-01 kl. 10:26, skrev John Dallman:
>> In article <sbig2b$m5$1 at dont-email.me>, johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org
>> (John H. Reinhardt) wrote:
>>> V9.1 Field Test Release Notes:
>>> <https://vmssoftware.com/docs/VSI-X86V91-RN.pdf>
>>
>> I don't know very much about VMS at the system management level. Section
>> 1.24 of this document says that OpenVMS x86 does not support swap files,
>> but does say that page files should be used.
>>
>> What's the difference between swapping and paging, on VMS?
> 
> "Swapping" is for writing out whole processes to the swap-file.
> "Paging" is for writing out individual memory pages to the page-file.

And I don't think it is a big deal.

To me swapping was something that in rare cases could be useful
on VAX back in the 1980's. Since Alpha swapping has been an
indication that the system was totally fucked up.

Nobody will miss the possibility of being in COMO state.

:-)

Arne