Re: OpenVMS - When downtime is not an option

In article <1182356790.811635.277740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
IanMiller <gxys@xxxxxxx> writes:
I also though it interesting that the non-stop system took longer than
VMS to failover.

The linux platform was the slowest [except for the fish]

Probably because it didn't failover. They just changed the IP address
and re-booted it to take the place of the other system. :-)

Like I said, it was funny. It is so contrived as to be almost absurd.
Like the "bulletproof" one. Let me pick the path of the bullet and I
can shoot a hole in my home built RAID arrays without a hiccup, too.
Or, go back to the original "bulletproof" add, Master Locks. Stood up
to a 30.06 shell but I can open it with the nail file in my pocket.

What they would really need are some verifiable, real world testimonials
from people who's datacenters have survived disasters like floods or
tornadoes or earthquakes. (I used to work for Martin Marietta. They
had a "hardened" data center down in Orlando. They once had a huricane
blow thru town. The people who worked nthe data center didn't know about
it til they came out at the end of the day to find all the damage to their
cars in the parking lot. No, no VMS. It was all IBM big iron.)

Or, as I also said recently, they should be out here selling VMS to
all the people who want the NYC-NEPA mirrored operation that is getting
all the great press around here right now. Sell your product and ride
the wave!! Like that is really going to happen. :-(

bill

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