About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Supercomputer, OpenVMS, Beowulf, ASCI White, Computer cluster, Oracle Grid Engine, Xgrid, MOSIX, Single system image, CHAOS, ProActive, United Devices, Oracle RAC, OpenSSI, CloudSigma, Comparison of cluster software, IBM Parallel Sysplex, Server farm, Cluster manager, Cloud.bg, Solaris Cluster, UnixWare NonStop Clusters, VMScluster, LOCUS, Space-based architecture, FinisTerrae, Rocks Cluster Distribution, Veritas Cluster Server, Terracotta Cluster, SiCortex, Red Hat Cluster Suite, Corosync, Microsoft Cluster Server, IBM High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing, OpenMosix, Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management, XCAT, Alewife, FhGFS, Brutus cluster, GPU cluster, Compile farm, Diskless Shared Root Cluster, Warewulf, LinuxPMI, IBM System Cluster 1350, Advanced Computation Group, Multi-simulation coordinator, Project Kusu, Kerrighed, Open Source Cluster Application Resources, UniCluster, Portable cluster, Network of Workstations, Cluster-aware application, Virtual IP address, HPCx, Open-Sharedroot, Open Cluster Framework, STONITH, Death Star, Node fencing, Process migration, Heartbeat private network. Excerpt: OpenVMS (Open Virtual Memory System), previously known as VAX-11/VMS, VAX/VMS or (informally) VMS, is a high-end computer server operating system that runs on VAX, Alpha and Itanium-based families of computers. Contrary to what its name suggests, OpenVMS is not open source software; however, the source listings are available for purchase. Unlike some other mainframe-oriented operating systems, OpenVMS has a graphical user interface (GUI) with complete graphics support. Digital Equipment Corporation's VAX was one of the three top-selling workstations lines in the 1980s and 1990s. VMS had support for professional DTP and CAE software . Software for AXP based systems was promoted by Digital's ASAP program (Ass...
