[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <shopcl$b49$2 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> On 9/13/2021 4:29 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> > In article <sho5ts$lt3$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
> > <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> >> Yes, there are multiple reasons to run a VMS cluster.  But compute
> >> resources for the most part is no longer one of those reasons.
> > 
> > There are certainly many big VMS customers who run clusters partly for
> > increased computing power.  Of course, disaster tolerance, rolling
> > upgrades, and so on are also reasons.
> 
> 30 years ago: certainly.
> 
> Today: not so sure.
> 
> A single Itanium got lots of power.

Sure, but what are big VMS customers doing today?

> Disaster tolerance can be achieved in different ways.

But none as good as a VMS cluster.

> >> I have no information to know what the breakdown is among VMS cluster
> >> users.  But, I'll pull an Arne and state my factless opinion.  I'm
> >> thinking that VMS clusters will not be an issue for many VMS users.
> > 
> > Does "many" mean more than half?  Even if more than half of the users,
> > perhaps not more than half of the machines.
> 
> Half??
> 
> I would be surprised if it was >5%.

Probably all of use are familiar with some part of the VMS market and 
none of us has an overview.