[Info-vax] Time to turn DECUServe into a mixed VMScluster?

MG em_geeNO at SPAMxs4all.nl
Wed May 31 07:41:22 EDT 2023


As an almost daily user of the EISNER:: node of DECUServe,
I began to wonder: Couldn't DECUServe serve as a cost-
effective method for VSI to demonstrate both OpenVMS for
x86-64 and its cross-architecture clustering capabilities
to a wider audience?  Since VSI operates this physical
hardware and adding a modestly configured x86-64 virtual
machine would probably not add too much to the existing
operating and maintenance costs of DECUServe.

It could thereby also save a lot of potentially interested
users the time and effort of having to apply for a suitable
evaluation license and having to prepare, install and
configure a (virtual) system, especially those who are
entirely new and unfamiliar to OpenVMS and simply wish to
have an end-user experience.

It's been long since a capable public access VMScluster
system has been available (especially since "Deathrow"
shut down, already quite some years ago).

I realize that I could have posted this in the DEC Notes
of EISNER, but it doesn't appear to be very actively used
these days.

  - MG



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