[Info-vax] What does VMS get used for, these days?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/5/2022 8:25 PM, Robert Carleton wrote:
> I work in an environment where there's lots of scientific computing
> on the Linux platform. One of the things about it, is that getting
> compute time is very competitive, and our users/coders game the batch
> systems to gain an advantage in getting their jobs to run. We can't
> use the stock Linux batch systems (at, batch, atd, cron, and friends)
> for that work, though the system administrators probably use those
> for some of what they do. We have to use add-on batch systems for
> controlling those jobs.
> 
> I'm not familiar with the VMS batch facilities yet (I'm a Linux/BSD
> jockey), but I've heard that they are pretty advanced. Perhaps that
> would provide an advantage, at least when there is a lot of
> competition for compute resources.

VMS batch queues are pretty good. You setup the queues with
priority, task limit, CPU limit, memory limit etc.. Good cluster
support. The only thing I don't like is the defaults for
the log file - and that is a minor inconvenience.

Arne