[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 9/14/2021 3:47 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> 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 ...

Xeon CPU's vary a lot in price.

The super high end and those ready for multi-socket tend to be a
bit pricey.

But you can get a low end model like 12 core pretty cheap.

In a year or two then 24 core will be cheap as well.

Arne