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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (42328)	3/24/2001 10:12:13 AM
From: Joseph Pareti	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

openvms.compaq.com >By Compaq you mean DEC had it By Compaq I mean Compaq HAS it.

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (42328)	3/24/2001 11:01:24 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Charles - Compaq's partitioning technology is mature and considerably more flexible than that proposed for the UE line. While the legacy VMS base actually has a little more capability - VMS has a lot of capability not offered in the Unix world, including direct 96 node clustering and 99.999% availability - I don't think anyone would argue that VMS is not important to anyone but VMS users. But the partitioning capability offered on the "wildfire" line allows a number of interesting options for Unix users. For example, administrators can set up to partition automatically based on system load, so that higher priority tasks get the resources they need much as an SMP system allocates processor time slices. Except that in the case of a partition, the system can re-allocate processors, memory and I/O, not just time slices. On the basis of either technology capability or reliability those Compaq systems are way ahead of the Sun line. And I probably don't need to mention that they have no issues with cache ECC or I/O contention failures. I am not suggesting that Compaq will take advantage of a technically superior position, given their execution in the past, but they do have cutting edge technology. Sun's marketing position and the loyalty of the Solaris developer base has made the Sun/Solaris combo a success despite a technically weak offering. The question is whether that is sustainable going forward.