OpenVMS :- 17 Years of cluster uptime [Still Exceeding Expectations]
Post by: bond
The WVNET OpenVMS cluster has a current uptime of over 17 years and counting...
Ever heard of such a long period of uptime on any other cluster on any platform? Thats the speciality of Open VMS with its "gold standard" for clusters.
WVNET is the West Virginia Network, a dynamic service organization providing telecommunications and computing services within West Virginia. WVNET was created in 1975 to provide central computing facilities and wide-area network communications linking its 'central site' computing resources in Morgantown with the campus computing systems at most of the colleges and universities throughout the state.
WVNET OpenVMS cluster
150
mosaic
WVNET OpenVMS cluster with both VAX and Alpha systems
17 Years 173 Days 20 Hours 47 Minutes
OpenVMSClust V8.2
alpha
3.0
39.8
86 Years 230 Days 8 Hours 47 Minutes
17 Years 173 Days 20 Hours 47 Minutes
14 Years 160 Days 13 Hours 27 Minutes
11 Years 303 Days 20 Hours 57 Minutes
Thu Jun 27 06:02:23 +0000 2013
The cluster provides a variety of services:
- Runs the Banner student information system (on Oracle) for one of the member institutions of higher education.
- Runs multiple Oracle/Banner test databases to support Banner running on VMS at some of other member institutions.
- Is the Usenet news server (running DNEWS).
- Is one of the Domain Name (DNS) servers for several hundred domains.
- Provides DHCP, Bootp, Kerberos and print services
- Hosts the VMS Mosaic web site and ftp server.
