[Info-vax] 100+ Alphaserver DS10s incoming and will be cheap

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/2/2023 1:31 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-05-02, David Turner <dturner at islandco.com> wrote:
>> We still have 60+ Alphaserver DS10 617Mhz left in stock
>>
>> Link:
>>
>> https://www.islandco.com/hp-alphaserver/hp-alphaserver-ds10/alphaserver-ds10-600mhz-special-cto-server
> 
> Interesting that you still have that number left. IIRC, in the old days,
> your Alpha systems used to be sold rather quickly. Has there been a move
> to Itanium systems or to Alpha emulators ?

For professional usage then these systems are not very attractive. They
are approx. 20 years old and noone wants to bet production on 20 year
old HW if they have any alternatives.

Alternatives:
- buy DS15/DS25/ES45 instead of DS10/DS20/ES40 as they are a few years
   younger and a bit faster
- migrate to Itanium and HW that are a lot faster and only about 10
   years old
- migrate to an Alpha emulator that will run on brand new HW and
   if one is willing to pay for JIT version should also be faster
- migrate off VMS

And hobbyists are very much focused on x86-64 right now.

Arne