[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Dave Froble]

On 9/13/2021 8:12 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.
>
> Disaster tolerance can be achieved in different ways.
>
>>> 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%.

More factless opinion ???????????????

We don't really have a clue, do we?

But even if it is a low percentage, if a capability is needed, then it's 
needed, and very important to those in need.

> Arne
>
>


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