[Info-vax] Attn VSI employees: Viable full system Itanium emulator for VMS ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-02-17, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 2/17/2022 2:11 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> Given that VSI has absolutely no solution for emulating Itanium
>> systems on other architectures, it might be worth a look by them
>> if it helps keep a few customers until x86-64 VMS is finally ready
>> and has been in production long enough to be trusted generally.
>> 
>> Forcing customers to go back from Itanium to Alpha so they can run
>> as emulated systems on modern hardware is not a good situation for
>> VSI to be placing potential customers in, given what those potential
>> customers might end up doing instead if they are placed in that position.
>
> I would expect the current VMS HW supplier (that is IslandCo
> not HP !!!!) to be able to deliver Itanium systems until 9.2
> hits the streets and are tested.
>

Can you virtualize the hardware that David provides ?

I'm thinking about the push towards server consolidation on standard
hardware that is always ongoing.

Simon.

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