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Subject: clusters and V4
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Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 19:15:27 EST
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From: Ken Adelman 

	We have just received V4.0 of VMS to run on 3 750s and 2 780s
connected via CIs. The two 780s and two 750s are "similar" machines,
and we would like at least the 750s to share queues and the like.
The V4.0 documentation implies that machines may or may not share queue
files, but says that a queue name must be unique on the cluster. We
would like the 780s to have theiur own queu file and the 750s their own. Is
this possible?
	Second problem: With just two of the 750s currently running V4.0, 
if one of them crashes, the other blocks process execution.  This
is somewhat less than desirable, and the documentation (Cluster management
guide or something like that) is somewhat less than clear about how to 
prevent this.
	I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has experience (yet!)
with clusters and these problems.

					-Ken Adelman, Caltech
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