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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/17/2022 2:31 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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 ?

Hmmmmm.

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

That is an argument that could make some take a look.

But if it takes just as long time to test and consider an
Itanium emulator production stable as it takes to test and consider
VMS x86-64 production stable, then ...

Arne