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- Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky?
- Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky?More stuff to go down...when the host server crashes.My ThoughtsWe run about 150 VM's here hosted over a redundant cluster setup. If one machine fails, the others pick up the slack without interuption. But we still have quite a few issues...
- Tags: Operating systems, Storage management, Utility computing, virtual machine concept, operating system, virtualization, HP OpenVMS, virtual machine, cluster, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- OpenVMS: The Future Is Secure
- HP is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the OpenVMS operating environment. This longevity is a noteworthy achievement that speaks to its adaptability and flexibility amid dramatic IT, business world, and political changes since 1977. That OpenVMS continues to be popular in its specific markets is testament to its top-level security,...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP OpenVMS, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Strategies for Migrating From Alpha and VAX Systems to HP Integrity Server Systems on OpenVMS
- The ideal method for migration to OpenVMS on the Intel Itanium architecture is to recompile, relink, and requalify. For many users, this strategy has been highly successful. Many applications, each comprised of hundreds of thousands of lines of source code, have been ported virtually overnight. Other organizations face more challenging...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., Server, HP OpenVMS, Strategy, Operating Systems, Management, Software
- White papers 2007-07-02
- Single System Image Clusters - An Idea Who's Time Has Come and Gone
- Single System Image Clusters - An Idea Who's Time Has Come and GoneOpenVMS is still alive and wellIn our organization, our ERP systems are openVMS / VMScluster based. We also have SOA projects in the works to supplement these systems.OpenVMS is a reasonable host for JAVA based applications as well.The...
- Tags: Operating systems, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, TIME HAS COME, HP OpenVMS
- Discussion threads 2007-05-01
- HP OpenVMS Disaster-Tolerant Reference Architectures
- This paper presents a concise description of sample OpenVMS disaster-tolerant architectures. OpenVMS environments deliver a full continuum of High Availability HA and Disaster Tolerance DT solutions, from basic clusters to widely separated disaster-tolerant data centers. This full continuum may, at first look, appear somewhat complex. While no DT implementation can...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP OpenVMS, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-04-01
- Acision and HP OpenVMS: Delivering Mobile Data
- Acision uses HP OpenVMS running on HP Integrity servers & HP Blades to help deliver more than half of the world's text & multimedia messages & serve three quarters of all videomail users.
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile, HP OpenVMS, Operating Systems, Blade Servers, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Webcasts 2007-01-01
- Deutsche Borse and HP OpenVMS: Powering Global Capital Markets
- This webcast shows how Deutsche Borse, the largest financial exchange organization in the world, uses HP OpenVMS running on HP Integrity servers to keep their electronic markets up and running.
- Tags: Capital Market, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP OpenVMS, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2007-01-01
- Australian Securities Exchange & HP: Moving the Markets on HP OpenVMS
- Operating Australia's chief financial markets, the Australian Securities Exchange relies on HP OpenVMS to deliver products and services that play a major role in the economy down under.
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP OpenVMS, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2007-01-01
- Securing Your Future With HP: Moving Forward With OpenVMS
- HP announced plans to port OpenVMS, its layered software products and compilers, to the Integrity server architecture and to ensure a smooth transition from OpenVMS on AlphaServer to OpenVMS on Integrity server. This paper assures that a person can continue to use the AlphaServer running OpenVMS well into the future,...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Server, HP OpenVMS, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-10-01
- Virtualization and HP OpenVMS
- This white paper outlines how HP OpenVMS is embracing virtualization technologies contributing to the HP Adaptive Enterprise initiative, so that customers can begin to plan integration of their current and future OpenVMS environments into the Adaptive Enterprise and Virtual Server Environment VSE. HP is committed to building upon this peerless...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Adaptive Enterprise, HP OpenVMS, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, It Management, Hardware, Software, It service Management
- White papers 2006-05-01
- OpenVMS Disaster Tolerant Reference Architectures
- The purpose of this paper is to present a concise description of sample OpenVMS disaster tolerant architectures. OpenVMS environments deliver a full continuum of High Availability HA and Disaster Tolerance DT from basic clusters to widely separated disaster tolerant data centers. The goal of this paper is to demystify the...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP OpenVMS, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Disaster Tolerant Proof of Concept: OpenVMS Host-Based Volume Shadowing and Oracle9i RAC Over Extended Distances
- In today's high-risk world, the goal of information technology's contribution to business continuity is to ensure that an enterprise's data, transactions, and IT infrastructure continue to be available, regardless of adverse conditions. This is known as disaster tolerance. The measure of a disaster-tolerant environment is its ability to keep working...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle9i Real Application Cluster, Oracle9i, HP OpenVMS, Operating Systems, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2006-01-01
- Achieving the Highest Levels of IT Security With HP OpenVMS
- An important product contributing to the HP security framework is a general-purpose, commercial operating system for those with exceptional security needs - the HP OpenVMS operating system. OpenVMS has years of proven performance, high availability, and the impeccable security credentials that are the subject of this white paper. OpenVMS continues...
- Tags: IT Security, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, HP OpenVMS, Operating Systems, Security, Software
- White papers 2005-11-01
- Business Practices for HP OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
- The HP OpenVMS operating system has long been a mainstay in environments that require rock-solid computing. Its performance, scalability, availability, ease of management, proven disaster tolerance, and virtually impenetrable security are highly valued in industries such as Financial Services, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Government. HP customers have been loud and...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., Server, HP OpenVMS, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2005-10-01
- HP OpenVMS Cluster Support on HP Integrity Servers
- HP OpenVMS Cluster software provides a highly integrated OpenVMS computing environment distributed over multiple HP Integrity server, AlphaServer, or VAX systems; or a mix of AlphaServer systems and VAX systems or AlphaServer and Integrity server systems. This white paper provides updated information about HP OpenVMS Cluster software running on HP...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP OpenVMS Cluster, Server, HP OpenVMS, AlphaServer, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Integrating HP Integrity Servers Into the Openvms AlphaServer Environment - A Guide for Planning and Porting
- HP has standardized its enterprise-class platforms on the HP Integrity server line. Based on industry-standard Intel Itanium 2 microprocessors, Integrity servers are architected by HP as the next generation of higher performing, more flexible, more adaptable servers.
- Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., Environment, HP OpenVMS, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2005-08-01
- OpenVMS Technical Journal V5: A Survey of Cluster Technologies
- This paper surveys the cluster technologies for the operating systems available from many vendors, including IBM AIX, HP HP-UX, Linux, HP NonStop Kernel, HP OpenVMS, PolyServe Matrix Server, Sun Microsystems Solaris, HP Tru64 UNIX and Microsoft Windows 2000/2003. In addition, it discusses some technologies that operate on multiple platforms, including...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Survey, HP OpenVMS, Operating Systems, UNIX, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Data Management
- White papers 2005-02-10
- OpenVMS moves to Itanium, but will Itanium just be HP's next in a line of boutique processors?
- HP has taken another critical step in its unified architecture plans. This week the company is rolling out version 8.2 of OpenVMS -- the enterprise operating system of Digital Equipment Corporation heritage thought by many to be bulletproof that was the main inspiration behind Microsoft's Windows NT (the mid-90's ancestor of...
- Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Intel Itanium, Hewlett-Packard Co., processor, HP OpenVMS
- Blog posts 2005-01-17
- Itanium gives OpenVMS new lease on life
- Itanium gives OpenVMS new lease on lifeIt worked thenIf an OS works well, then why go to something new like Windows or Linux. If I remember, Unix was a contemporary of VMS and UNIX needed to be rebranded as Linux in order to make a modest comeback. VMS,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, VMS, HP OpenVMS, Linux, Intel Itanium
- Discussion threads 2005-01-16
- HP to rejuvenate OpenVMS on Monday
- HP to rejuvenate OpenVMS on MondayVMSWMS was a great OS. I worked with it for several years (mid- to late-80s) on the VAX and MicroVAX platforms. Even *nix and Linux don't compare, in my opinion.Carl RapsonA brief wlalk down memory laneOh, VMS and the VAX....My first real taste of Enterprise...
- Tags: Operating systems, Linux, 64-bit, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP OpenVMS, IBM Corp., VMS, Unix, Digital Equipment Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-01-14
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