Jan-Erik Soderholm
2017-01-30 22:42:48 UTC
Hi.
I just found my notes from the IKEA/VSI event last Novemeber and
there was a few additional points that might interest someone...
IKEA:
374 stores. Each with an rs2800 (mixed i2 and i4).
D2700 storage (25 x 2.5" disk shelf).
One "disaster recovery" since 1987. That store is currently run
remotely from the central data center. "The going back to local
system is nearly as much of an issue as the original disaster
recovery was". It's an US store that runs remotely from Sweden.
User side of the store system is available in 20 local languages.
Number of store grows with 10 % a year. So that is the number
of new local VMS systems planed, configured and deployed each year.
Handles nearly all parts of the daily IKEA supermarket operations.
One comment was that DECnet has been completely shut down all over.
Some notes from the presentation from Johan Gedda (presented
by HP Connect as "main owner of and investor in VSI":
Approx $40 spent on the x86-64 port so far. Expected approx an
additional $15 to finish the port. (This was nov-2016).
Now, if I heard right and got the figures correct... :-)
USPS and Indian railway was mentioned as (I guess) larger customers.
Doesn't expect VMS to compete head-to-head on the general computing
market where Linux and Windows more or less "owns" the market.
Are looking for niche markets where VMS can show it strengths.
The university/education area was mentioned. No reason to drag
Itanium boxes there, no interest, waiting for the X86-64 port.
VSI as a company "works" in many ways like Rocket Software. A high
probability for a subscription based licensing for VMS on x86-64.
Hope it can be of any interest...
Jan-Erik.
I just found my notes from the IKEA/VSI event last Novemeber and
there was a few additional points that might interest someone...
IKEA:
374 stores. Each with an rs2800 (mixed i2 and i4).
D2700 storage (25 x 2.5" disk shelf).
One "disaster recovery" since 1987. That store is currently run
remotely from the central data center. "The going back to local
system is nearly as much of an issue as the original disaster
recovery was". It's an US store that runs remotely from Sweden.
User side of the store system is available in 20 local languages.
Number of store grows with 10 % a year. So that is the number
of new local VMS systems planed, configured and deployed each year.
Handles nearly all parts of the daily IKEA supermarket operations.
One comment was that DECnet has been completely shut down all over.
Some notes from the presentation from Johan Gedda (presented
by HP Connect as "main owner of and investor in VSI":
Approx $40 spent on the x86-64 port so far. Expected approx an
additional $15 to finish the port. (This was nov-2016).
Now, if I heard right and got the figures correct... :-)
USPS and Indian railway was mentioned as (I guess) larger customers.
Doesn't expect VMS to compete head-to-head on the general computing
market where Linux and Windows more or less "owns" the market.
Are looking for niche markets where VMS can show it strengths.
The university/education area was mentioned. No reason to drag
Itanium boxes there, no interest, waiting for the X86-64 port.
VSI as a company "works" in many ways like Rocket Software. A high
probability for a subscription based licensing for VMS on x86-64.
Hope it can be of any interest...
Jan-Erik.