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From: jqj@uoregon.UUCP (JQ Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Unix on a VAXCluster ??
Message-ID: <1616@uoregon.UUCP>
Date: 28 Feb 88 15:08:54 GMT
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Reply-To: jqj@drizzle.UUCP (JQ Johnson)
Organization: University of Oregon, Computer Science, Eugene OR
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Chris Torek has started a rumor:  "Ultrix 3.0 will support clusters".  Now,
what does this really mean?  What would we WANT it to mean?  Some ideas:

1/ use of CI bus for Ultrix networking, including NFS
2/ private (mounted by 1 cpu only) Ultrix-format volumes on an HSC
   (shared access through NFS, of course)
3/ directly shared Ultrix-format volumes on an HSC
4/ access to Files-11 volumes on an HSC, presumably shared with other
   VMS nodes in the cluster
5/ complete cluster membership, including shared files and all other
   cluster-global resources
6/ something else

I'm sure the rumor doesn't mean (5).  My guess is that the rumor means
(1) or perhaps (1+2).  Can anyone comment who knows more than Chris
and I do?