[Info-vax] VSI Community License Program - x86

[John H Reinhardt]

On 4/16/2023 4:24 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 4/16/2023 3:12 PM, John H Reinhardt wrote:
>> On 4/16/2023 11:06 AM, fsword007 at gmail.com wrote:
>>> Many modern CPU processors has more then 6 cores.  Does it affect VMS
>>> clusters?  Mine has 12 cores (i7-8700K).
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>
>> Yes.  If you form a VMSCluster with more than one X86 system in the cluster the max cores can be 6 for all x86 members.  You can still have non-VMSCluster member x86 systems with up to 6 cores each.  I assume it probably also means threads if the CPU Hyperthreads - so perhaps 3 CPU cores/6 Threads?  Not sure about that.
> 
> 
> Note that John must be talking about some licensing limitation with the community licenses.  (I've never used the community license).
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> In general, there is no limitation between the number of members in a cluster and the number of CPU's for a member
> 

Hi Robert!

Yes, talking about the CLP.  It's limited to 6 units of PCL (Per Core? or Processor Core? Licensing)

John H. Reinhardt