Re: Blast from the 1988s (DEC proposal)

In article <87ac0kdrjo.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, prep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

At the time, the graphs showed from the all mighty microvax II to
the VAX 8978. The document mentions up to 15 8800 nodes in a
cluster. (when did it go from 15 to 96 nodes in a cluster ?)

AIR, the 15* was the limit on the number of nodes on a single system
volume, not the cluster size limit. I *THINK* that back then the size
of a cluster was limited by the size of the statically allocated
System Director Vector for the DLM.

Formerly there was a distinction between the total number of nodes
supported in a cluster and the number of large nodes supported in
a cluster. This was based on what had been tested, not theoretical
limits.
.

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