14 Jun
2020
14 Jun
'20
1:44 a.m.
?Here i am, brain the size of a planet, and i?m controlling a robot that does tape
backups?
That's not uncommon for outdated (mini)supercomputers. Fast network and disk I/O make
them well suited to the task. It's just a shame of all that nice vector hardware.
Convex actively advocated the use of their older series as file and backup servers. Lots
of the Convex C200 IPI disks I have show evidence show evidence of having been used as
tape backup caches.
Camiel