26 May
2018
26 May
'18
2:31 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Grant Taylor via
cctalk
Sent: 26 May 2018 21:40
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Restoring a PC Server 500 P/390
On 05/26/2018 02:15 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote:
Its degraded. There are no spares in the config. It did once rebuild the non-operational
drive, but dropped it again very quickly.
IBM recommended running the box from a UPS and never powering it off. I can't really
afford the electricity
Well in case any one has the slightest bit of
interest, I have now
plugged the RAID card back in and after replacing on of the drive
carriers I can get five of the six drives to spin up. Its now copying
stuff to my Buffalo NAS but as its 10Mbit LAN its not terribly fast. I
think the NAS isn't very fast either. It looks like zipping up the
files and FTPing the ZIP files might be the quickest way to go.
So is the RAID up in a degraded state? Or is it optimal and the other two disks
are spares?
Either way, COOL!!!
It sounds like you're doing some good computer archaeology / preservation.
OI think there are plenty of P390 boxes around, and most of the software is
available, but its interesting to a Mainframe OS on real hardware.
The Hercules emulator on a modern (Core i3 or Core I5) PC is much faster than the P390.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
Dave