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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/31/2023 7:41 AM, MG wrote:
> 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).

The totally new to VMS just wanting to try a few DCL commands
probably do not care what architecture they are running on - most
likely they will not even know. VMS is VMS.

But setting up a mixed mode cluster would be a pretty cool
demo.

And why not go all out? VAX + Alpha + Itanium + x86-64!!

Send a news flash to all IT magazines in the world and get
a bit of press.

Arne