[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Dave Froble]

On 9/13/2021 8:09 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 9/13/2021 4:57 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de>
>> 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.
>>
>> In the case of web services, clusters get you improved reliability, more
>> CPU, but most importantly more I/O.  The thing is, few people are using
>> VMS for web services, and that's a shame because it's something where it
>> could do well.
>
> I find that hard to see.
>
> Web services need:
> * low cost HW

I find this to be a double standard.  People talk about the high cost of 
Alpha, and VMS HW in general.

I was doing some looking at multicore CPUs.  Ran across a 56 core Intel 
chip with a price tag of around $12,000.  That ain't low cost HW.

Intel server CPUs are not low cost.

Just saying ...

> * low cost OS & web SW
> * uptodate web SW
>
> Arne


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