关于OPENVMS,在HP ITRC上看到的

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OpenVMS FAQ
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1. Is OpenVMS alive? What is the roadmap?

Yes! OpenVMS is very much alive and the current version for Integrity Servers is v8.3-1H1
which was released in Nov 2007. The current Alpha version is v8.3 which was released in
Sep 2006. OpenVMS v8.4 is scheduled to release in H2 2009 to support Tukwila-based
servers in addition to those supported currently. Future OpenVMS versions will be
released for new Integrity systems and will run on both Alpha and Integrity.

On the occasion of OpenVMS?30th anniversary in 2007, HP CEO Mark Hurd emphasized
that OpenVMS is a key product in HP? portfolio. A 30th-anniversary overview and
strategy statement by Ann McQuaid, General Manager, HP OpenVMS Systems Division
can be found at

http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/downloads/4AA1-6470ENW.pdf.

The latest OpenVMS Roadmap presentation may be found at

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/roadmap/openvms_roadmaps.htm

2. How does OpenVMS compare with other High Availability (HA) Operating
Systems (OS)?
Here is how OpenVMS compares against other High Availability (HA) operating systems:

. Easier to manage

. Higher availability -In terms of availability, the HP OVMS, IBM and Sun clusters are
99.978%, 99.929% and 99.891% respectively. These differences may seem trivial
but in fact they are not!

. More secure -HP OpenVMS was one of the first commercial operating systems to
achieve a US Department of Defense C2 security rating and all new releases
continue to comply with these rigorous standards.

. Better ability to readily scale up and down with changing workload demands.
. Most popular in environments where stability, reliability, high performance,
disaster tolerance, security, scalability and clustering are required.

3. How does TCO and TCU of OpenVMS compare with that of other Operating
Systems?
Among the entry-level and midrange server clusters such as HP OpenVMS on Integrity,
IBM AIX System p5 and Sun Solaris Sun-Fire clusters, OpenVMS has the best TCO. 1 Two
important factors contributing to the TCO of a system are the costs involved in
application downtime and the costs involved in maintaining and managing the system
including power and cooling costs.

http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/downloads/TechWise_TCO2007.pdf

While comparing HP OpenVMS running on HP Integrity servers to proprietary UNIX
solutions from IBM and Sun, Alinean Inc. in their Jan 2005 Report found typical TCO
savings of 59-84% for the OpenVMS configurations, with average savings of $10.0 to
$35.9 million in cumulative five year savings.

TCU (Total Cost of Upgrade) of OpenVMS Alpha Servers to Integrity2 is also better. The
prices HP charges for hardware and software support on Integrity are much lower than
the out-of-warranty costs for AlphaServers. Integrity is much more power-efficient than
Alpha (almost 50% reduction) and offers better performance (often double).

只能发在这里，怕其他公司的人看到拍砖。呵呵。。。

shanej26

俺也希望VMS能够发扬光大，不要真的成为VeryMuchStupid，但是市场实在是惨不忍睹