[LINK] Power failure lasting 36 hours cripples hospital care

[Andy Farkas]

On 5/6/09, David Lochrin <dlochrin at d2.net.au> wrote:
>
> As for clustering, 10 or 15 years ago some NSW health systems were indeed
> clustered using DEC VMS disk shadowing at sites directly connected with a
> microwave link.  (I'm pretty sure disk shadowing was used, not just
> transaction journalling.)
>

I was reading about clustered systems during last weekend:

Description:WVNET VMScluster with both VAX and Alpha systems

Current Uptime:13 Years 121 Days 23 Hours 20 Minutes

OS:OpenVMSClust V8.2
...
Total Uptime:37 Years 361 Days 17 Hours 11 Minutes
...
Last Report:Wed May 06 08:35:17 +0000 2009


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-andyf