HP OpenVMS Alpha Partitioning and Galaxy Guide

This document describes the concepts and procedures for managing hard and soft partitions and OpenVMS Galaxy environments on AlphaServer hardware. It covers NUMA implications for applications, instructions for creating Galaxy configurations on various AlphaServer models (such as GS series, 8400, and 8200), using the Galaxy Configuration Utility (GCU), and managing the Graphical Configuration Manager (GCM). It also provides details on CPU load balancing, shared memory programming, and device driver configuration.