[Simh] FW: VAXcluster on SIMH - is it possible?

[Villy Madsen]

-----Original Message-----
From: Villy Madsen [mailto:Villy.Madsen at shaw.ca] 
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 19:31
To: 'Tim Pinkawa'
Subject: RE: [Simh] VAXcluster on SIMH - is it possible?

I clustered a couple of simh vaxes...

One was running on a 400mhz P3 - painful, but it worked.

The P3 one booted from a P4 1.5ghz , both running W/98SE

I think that I have even heard of people booting a real VAX from a SIMH VAX

Villy 

-----Original Message-----
From: simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com] On
Behalf Of Tim Pinkawa
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 18:44
To: Simh at trailing-edge.com
Subject: [Simh] VAXcluster on SIMH - is it possible?

I'm a newbie when it comes to VMS, but the idea of VAXclustering on SIMH is
interesting to me. I did some research a while ago and read that VAXclusters had
gone from using dedicated hardware to being able to cluster over ethernet.

Does SIMH emulate enough hardware to support or VAXcluster? The reason I ask is
because I know from using Hercules that clustering (or
sysplexes) can introduce some complicated issues. For example, the lack of an
emulated sysplex timer on Hercules (and legal issues) prevent setting up a
sysplex.

If VAXclusters on SIMH are indeed possible, does anyone have any stories about
it?

Thanks,
Tim
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