Talk:VMScluster

Changes made 23-Mar-2006

This article consisted of the abstract from the 1984 paper by Kronenberg, Levy and Strecker, plus a sentence about Local Area VAXclusters. I've expanded it a lot. (I also created a redirect from VMScluster to VAXcluster; hence the mention of "VMScluster" in both the intro and near the end.)

The article still needs more work. Edits welcome, especially from people who (unlike me) have used VMSclusters over Gigabit Ethernet.

(Personal note: I worked on VAXclusters, both CI-based and Ethernet-based. I wrote two separate things that used the Distributed Lock Manager. I think I've still got a copy of the Digital Technical Journal issue with a paper on the DLM. It was quite nifty once you figured out what it did.)

—Chris Chittleborough 17:33, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

VMScluster?

Hi Chris -- thanks for the work!

The biggest suggestion I'd make is that we rename things so that VMScluster is the real article and VAXcluster the redirect. Not only does this reflect the terminology used by Digital, err, Compaq, err, HP, but it also accommodates the idea that these clusters can contain machines using any of the three underlying architectures: VAX, Alpha, and Itanium (IA64). (Right now, three-architecture clusters are not officially supported, but they are widely assumed to work.)

Now, having said that, I'll go back and read at a more detailed level.

Atlant 18:45, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree about swapping the real article with the redirect. Chris Chittleborough 19:03, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Done!

Atlant 00:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

I thought this stuff was dead and gone - I loved my VAXclusters - I started with a VAX 11/780 (10 M memory!!!). Have added that disks were connected to the star coupler too as if memory serves me well they were thus giving disk access to all machines independently (any one could be booted - via 8" floppy!- individually) Sophia ^{Gilraen of Dorthonion} 21:13, 2 May 2006 (UTC)