[SpamCop-Geeks] Re: Dual CPU machines

[Borgholio]

Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> In article <crpq7o$jhs$1 at news.spamcop.net>, Borgholio <borgholio at storymind.com> writes:
> 
>>Do the processors in a Dual CPU machine need to be matched?  In other words, 
>>do they need to be the same revision, same model, same everything?
> 
> 
> They certainly do in all VAXen and Alphas to date.
> 
> VMS Developers have discussed the possibility of relaxing that
> on future machines -- I don't remember whether it was just for
> Itanium or also for Alpha.
> 
> Dual machines actually are not such a problem in this area --
> consider a 128 cpu GS-1280 !


I meant hardware-wise.  :)