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This Communicator 3000 provides general and detailed information on the
new and enhanced functionality from Beechglen Development, Inc. for MPE/iX
Release 7.5.
Beechglen is committed to supporting HP3000 systems as long as the installed
base wants to run them. Many HP3000s continue to run mission-critical
applications and plan on doing so for many years. It has long been understood
that MPE would stop running after 12/31/2027 due to a design decision HP made
40 years ago in the CALENDAR intrinsic and other operating system functions.
Rumors even reported that MPE system would crash after that date. This is
simply not true as the date rolls over to 1900.
Beechglen has developed patches that extend the MPE operating system to
January, 2038. But, what value is there in an operating system that will run in
2038 if the available storage subsystems were created prior to Y2K? Not to
mention as MPE based PA-RISC servers age, the hardware failures will inevitably
become more common leading to increased downtime and/or data loss.
The articles in this Communicator describe the following enhancements and
available products and services that reduce the risk and enable Beechglen
customers to continue to rely on HP3000s for business essential applications.
New high performance SSD Disk arrays to replace obsolete Nike,
AutoRaid, VA and XP disk arrays HP3000 Cloud Hosting services which increases the reliability and
reduces the risk of running legacy HP3000s Introducing 2028 Patches - Operating System patches which extend
system dates and functionality beyond 2027 to 2038
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