[Info-vax] Quiet?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/1/2022 10:48 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 4/1/22 09:43, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> We have other issues. Alpha only supports up to 2 Gb FC cards.
>> The SAN group wants to go to 8/16/32 FC switches. They have
>> now kept 2 pcs of 2/4/8 Gb switches just for our servers, but
>> these are end-of-support in April 2024, and the SAN group do not
>> want to run FC switches that are unsupported...
> 
> And that's how it's done.  Push VMS out the door without ever
> even mentioning its name.

They don't mention VMS because they are not targeting VMS specific -
they are targeting all systems that cannot run with modern/supported
hardware.

Alpha was fine, but it is more than 20 years since HP killed
(announced EOL) Alpha. This is very old systems. No surprise
that they do not support current (up to 20 years newer) technology.

Arne