[Info-vax] Desirable features for VMS
Marc Van Dyck
marc.gr.vandyck at invalid.skynet.be
Sun Jan 28 13:27:44 EST 2024
Arne Vajhøj wrote on 28/01/2024 :
> On 1/28/2024 8:25 AM, Marc Van Dyck wrote:
>> Simon Clubley formulated the question :
>>> Does anyone have any others to add to the list ?
>>
>> Yes. Some kind of automatic disaster recovery. That is, if a process,
>> or a set of processes, run on a system that crashes, those processes are
>> automatically restarted on another cluster member, transparently, with
>> no manual intervention, and continue from the point they were at when
>> the system crashed. No transaction lost of any kind, and without having
>> to add anything in the code that those processes are running. The
>> operating system (or layered product) does all the work transparently.
>> Should work with code written 30 years ago, with ACMS applications,
>> anything.
>
> Something like Tandem NonStop lock-step?
>
> Arne
Indeed. But not with the 30 years old look...
--
Marc Van Dyck
More information about the Info-vax
mailing list