[Info-vax] VSI strategy for OpenVMS

[Scott Dorsey]

=?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> 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
>* low cost OS & web SW
>* uptodate web SW

I agree strongly about that last one, but I am not so sure about the first
two.  I think that there is still a market for high end web server hardware
and software, but only if the performance warrants it.  If you can do ten
times the transaction rate of a machine that costs a tenth of your machines
cost, you still have a win.

Still, I think the move to x86 hardware is a step in the right direction
both in terms of performance and cost.
--scott

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