[geeks] need suggestions for a database for a VAXcluster
joshua d boyd
geeks at sunhelp.org
Wed Jul 25 08:33:33 CDT 2001
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:34:44AM -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> i would like to get a database server on the VAXcluster i'm working on setting
> up here. anyone have any suggestions? OpenVMS 7.2 is the OS, VAX 4000 is the
> hardware (a 4000/400 and two 4000/300 boxes)
>
> anyway, any suggestions as to what i should use? this isn't going to be some
> big mama database, just used for whatever small projects i find. i figure this
> is as good a job as any for these boxes.
Hmm, Postgres would fit the bill I think. Except that it isn't ported to
VMS. There are Ultrix/Vax and NetBSD/Vax ports. Isn't it supposed to be
easy these days to port Unix software to VMS?
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Joshua D. Boyd
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