> On Dec 17, 2018, at 7:29 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> I have two ES47 System Building Block Drawers boxes, each with two
> 1GHz 21364 EV7 processors, which form a four CPU ES47 Model 4 when the
> two boxes are connected via the interprocessor hose cables. I didn't
> have any issues getting OpenVMS 8.4 running on the four CPU system.
> Maybe the memory is half full, so 8GB in each of the two boxes.
Glen,
this is interesting! My comment was based on looking at:
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c00376999#N10010
First hit on my gurgle search and I apparently didn’t do enough
digging. That page lists CPU’s available including ES45, and calls out as
software, "Tru64 UNIX 5.1a HP AlphaServer SC system software, including Cluster
File System, Parallel File System, and Platform LSF”.
Not to start a flame war, but I’m well aware VMS supports clustering
pretty well, so I’m puzzled - does anyone know why the Product Description
called out Tru64 rather than VMS or both? Was Compaq de-emphasizing VMS when
that was written?
- Mark
