TM OpenVMS: 20 Years of Renewal Jesse Lipcon Vice President, UNIX and OpenVMS Systems Business Unit...

TM

OpenVMS: 20 Years of Renewal

Jesse Lipcon

Vice President, UNIX and OpenVMS Systems Business UnitDigital Equipment Corporation

http://www.openvms.digital.com

TM

Celebrating

TM

Confining Software Environment, Limited Scaleability, Incompatible Systems

In the Beginning

PDP-11 Popularity

16-bit Architecture

Architecture Limitations

1975: Resolved...VAX Architecture Committee First Meeting

TM

Beginning a 20 Year Tradition of Shattering Barriers

1975: STAR and STARLET goals

Integrated Hardware and Software Design

Expand Addressing to 32 Bit

Highly Scaleable Architecture

One System, Compatible Tools

TM

232 Is A Whole Lot More Than Two Times 216

232

216

Do The Math

Eliminates Software “Overlays”

Critical Software (e.g., RMS) Stays Resident

Improved Performance

– Programmer Efficiency

– Program Execution

TM

Multiple Evolutionary Paths, One Direction: Meeting Our Customers’ Needs

An Unprecedented Platform

Multi-Board to Single Chip

Ultimate CISC to RISC Processor Architecture

TM

Multiple Evolutionary Paths, One Direction: Meeting Our Customers’ Needs

An Extraordinary Operating System

Proprietary to Open Software and Network Standards

Time Sharing to Workstation to Client/Server Capabilities

Technical to Commercial to Mission-Critical Commercial Environments

TM

Advocating Customers’ Needs

The Right Stuff

Continuity

Creativity

Courage

Commitment

TM

Putting the Customer First -- Starting With Our First Customer!

Customer-Driven Technology

First Installation: Carnegie Mellon University

CERN

Max Planck Institute

MicroVAX II - Winning the Americas Cup in 1987

VAX and VMS “Religious Fervor”

TM

Industry Leading Technology

#1 in Healthcare Industry

90% of the World’s CPU Chips

66% of the World’s Funds Transfers

Dominance in Gaming/Lottery Industry

Mission-Critical Commercial Leadership

TM

Octoberfest Announcement of DIGITAL’s 32-bit Computing System

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982...

October 25, 1977

VAX-11/780

VMS V1.0 Announced

TM

The Sun Never Sets on VMS!

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982...

VMS V1.0 Shipped

DECnet Phase II

FORTRAN IV

Up to 64 MB Memory

TM

Low-Cost, High-Performance Networking -- Built Right In!

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982...

DECnet Phase III

VMS V2.0

New Programming Tools

Ethernet Products

VAX-11/750

TM

32-Bit Addressing + Integrated Software Tools = Development Productivity

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982...

VAX Information Architecture

Common Data Dictionary

RMS and VAX-11 DBMS

Datatrieve

CALLable From Any VMS Programming Language

TM

A Long History of Growing Up -- And Down!

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982...

VAX-11/730

VMS V3.0

RA60 and RA81 Disk Drives

Digital Storage Architecture

ALL-IN-1

TM

VAXclusters -- 24 x 365 Computing Leadership, Then and Now!

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988...

VAXcluster Technology

16 Node Star Architecture

CI Connectivity

HSC50

DECnet Phase IV

VAX-11/725

TM

A Solid and Stable Production System -- For Business and Engineering!

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988...

VMS V4.0

VAX Rdb/VMS

VAX-11/785

VAX 8600

VAXstation I

MicroVAX I

TM

All That Power -- On a Single Chip!

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988...

VMS V4.2

VAX11 ACMS

MicroVAX Chip

MicroVAX II

VAXstation II/GPX

TM

VAXcluster Power, Implemented Using Cost-Effective LAN Technology!

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988...

VMS V4.5

VAX 8800

Local Area VAXclusters

TM

“When You Care Enough to Steal The Very Best!”

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988...

VAXstation 2000

MicroVAX 2000

CVAX Chip…When You Care Enough to Steal the Very Best!

MicroVAX 3500 and 3600

TM

High-Speed Internal Bus + Tightly Coupled SMP = High Performance!

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988...

VAX 6000

VMS V5.0

Symmetric Multiprocessing

VAX 6200

TM

Increasing Power and Expandability

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994...

VMS V5.1 and V5.2

VAXstation 3100

MicroVAX 3100

VAX 6300

Rigel Chip Set

VAX 4000-300

VAX 6000

TM

Proprietary Power -- Plus the Flexibility of Open Interfaces and Networking

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994...

VMS V5.4

VAXft 3000

Mariah Chip Set

VAX 6500

TM

Digital and Microsoft Unite to Promote OpenVMS in Client/Server Networks

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994...

OpenVMS Name Change Announced

OpenVMS V5.5

Digital-Microsoft Alliance Promotes PATHWORKS

DECnet Phase V

NVAX Chip

TM

Shattering Barriers - Again - With 64-Bit Computing!

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994...

Alpha 64-Bit Processor Architecture

VAX 7000

First Release ofOpenVMS AXP V1.0 for Alpha

TM

Worldwide Initiative for Client/Server Computing

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994...

OpenVMS AXP V1.5

OpenVMS VAX V6.0

Digital 2100 Alpha AXP Server

Second Generation of Alpha AXP Servers and Workstations

TM

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994...

OpenVMS VAX V6.1

OpenVMS Alpha V6.1

DIGITAL 2100 Alpha AXP Server

OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha Meet Ahead of Schedule!

TM

Windows NT and OpenVMS -- Two Worlds of Promise!

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000...

The Affinity for OpenVMS and Windows WT Program

Digital and Microsoft Alliance for Enterprise Computing

OpenVMS VAX V6.2

OpenVMS Alpha V6.2

TM

Affinity - An Aggressive OpenVMS Customer Focused Program!

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000...

Affinity Wave 1

OpenVMS Alpha V7.0 with 64-Bit, VLM/VLDB Support

Application Vendor Partnering

OpenVMS VAX V7.0

The Biggest Release of OpenVMS Since V5.0

®

TM

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000...

VAX and VMS 32-Bit Addressing Capability…

Q: If VAX 32-Bit Addressing Equates to 20 Minutes of TV, What Size Multimedia Can 64-Bit Manage?

Do The Math -- Again!

TM

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000...

AlphaServer and OpenVMS 64-Bit Addressing Capability

A: Every TV Show Ever Shown Since 1948!

TM

Affinity Wave 2 - Delivering on the Promise!

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000...

Affinity Wave 2

Real World Deployment

Australian Stock Exchange

TM


1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000...

Affinity Wave 3 Released

Partner Deployment

OpenVMS VAX V7.1

OpenVMS Alpha V7.1

InformationBuilders

TM


1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000...

Affinity Wave 4

Ultimate High End

Three-Tier Client/Server Computing

User Workstations

Windows NT Server

OpenVMS

TM

OpenVMS Installed Base Growth

Solid Rapid Growth, Steady Customer Base for the Future

OpenVMS Installed Base

0

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996

VMS IB

TM

Orders of Magnitude Increase Performance Capabilities

Evolution of Compute Power

http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/performance/vups_297.html

TM

Still the King of Clusters!

OpenVMS Clusters Today...

Highest Availability and Data Integrity

Highest Scalability

Easiest Scalability

Unparalleled Investment Protection

TM

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000...

The Next Generation…Coming Soon!

Embraces Large Multi-CPU Systems Using a NewComputing Model

Leverages Existing Cluster Technology

Overcomes Software SMP & MMP Limitations

TM

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000...

Offers a Viable Commercial Machine

For Unlimited High-end Computing

On OpenVMS!

Where Do You Want to Go - Tomorrow?

TM

Offers a Viable Commercial Machine

For Unlimited High-end Computing

On OpenVMS!

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000...

Galaxy Class System

Where Do You Want to Go - Tomorrow?

MemoryMemory MemoryMemory

Node A

Shared MemoryShared Memory

Node B Node CMemoryMemory

CPUsCPUs1 2 3 41 2 3 4

CPUsCPUs9 10 11 129 10 11 12

CPUsCPUs5 6 7 85 6 7 8

TM

OpenVMS is READY for the Year 2000!

OpenVMS Allows Simulation...

Simulations Done by DIGITAL and Customers...

NO Errors Found!

OpenVMS - A Safe Investment Into The Next Millenium!

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000...

TM

Celebrating 20 Years - A Reason to Revel!

OpenVMS: Nothing Stops It

It’s a Party!

–Please Join Us Tonight

Learn All About the History of This Successful Architecture!

– Get Your Copy of the Commemorative Book

And more… pins, bumper stickers, etc

TM OpenVMS: 20 Years of Renewal Jesse Lipcon Vice President, UNIX and OpenVMS Systems Business Unit...

Documents

Transcript of TM OpenVMS: 20 Years of Renewal Jesse Lipcon Vice President, UNIX and OpenVMS Systems Business Unit...