Migration/Conversion Vs. the New VS™
Now you can simply and seamlessly upgrade your Wang® VS™ system with no conversion, no migration.
The New VS™ from TransVirtual Systems and Getronics offers these benefits:
| 100% binary compatible | The New VS™ Hardware Abstraction Layer provides the VS™ instruction set, the VS™ memory architecture, the VS™ interrupt system, the VS™ I/O architecture, the VS™ System Control Unit (SCU) and selected VS™ IOC and device functionality |
| ZERO conversion | The New VS™ runs existing VS™ software, so there is no need for any conversion – not programs, not data files |
| ZERO migration | The New VS™ is a functional upgrade from your present VS™ |
| Load & run | Restore your VS™ volumes from backup tapes or VS™ disks, configure the new system, and IPL |
| IPLs & runs the VS™ OS | Yes, the New VS™ runs the real VS™ Operating System, including optional components such as EVAS, XDMS, etc. |
| Runs all VS™ software | Yes, the New VS™ runs all VS™ software, just like all previous VS™ model upgrades… all compilers, editors, utilities and applications |
| True MWS/WP/WP+ client | A new workstation emulator is microcode-loadable, seamlessly supporting MWS, Glossary, Personalities, WP, WP+ and other microcode-dependent functionality |
| WSN over TCP/IP | You can network New VS™ instances in the same or different hosts with full-featured WSN over TCP/IP for remote logon, file transfer and other services |
| RSF over TCP/IP | You can cluster New VS™ instances in the same or different hosts with full RSF functionality |
| Fault tolerant storage | Integrated RAID1/RAID5 with 256 MB and battery-backed cache |
| Up to 2100 GB internal | Internal storage up to 1.5 TB (1500 GB) in the 2U model and up to 2.1 TB (2100 GB) in the 5U model, unlimited external storage |
| Integrated Lightspeed gateways | The New VS™ directly supports Lightspeed NVS™ clients, eliminating the need for WLOC and SCSI Lightspeed gateway PCs |
| Support for traditional Wang® 928 (coax) devices | Wang® workstations, printers, PIBS, telecommunications… any of these critical VS™ devices can be moved to the New VS™ using our PCI Universal Serial IOC |
| Up to 2 GB VS™ memory | Like the VS18950, the New VS™ supports up to 2 GB of VS™ memory for large VS™ configurations, expanded GETMEM, OVERDRIVE, etc. |
| Up to 500 users plus | VS™ OS 7.54.11 supports up to 999 devices/users, while the 1,999 device/user VS™ OS is in testing for release |
| Up to 2 x VS18950 speed | The New VS™ offers performance tiers that span the entire range of VS™ models and beyond — to twice the performance of the VS18950 (on Dual Core systems) |
| True Virtual PIB | Microcode-loadable Virtual PIB provides seamless PIB printing to parallel ports or network printers in an outboard Linux appliance |
| Full-featured SCU | The New VS™ is equipped with a virtual System Control Unit (SCU) for IOC configuration and IPL control, including full Control Mode with additional debug features |
| VS™/VM coming soon | The New VS™ will support VS™/VM, the VS™ Virtual Machine Operating System, when there is sufficient demand |
The first New VS™ (VS22000) installation was completed, accepted and in production in less than one day. Ask your conversion vendor how close they can come to that.
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