30 Apr
2001
30 Apr
'01
6:24 a.m.
I've got a
BA350, BA356, and RaidArray 310. I'd like to get
another HSZ20 to use with the one in the RA310 for redundant
backup. Even better I'd like to get an HSZ40 (or two). I'm
using the RA310 in a SCSI cluster with two PWS500au systems
with a FWD card in each box.
I forget what the beasties I've got are called. Three shelves for disks,
and one shelf for the RAID Controllers. I'm pretty sure the controllers
are either HSZ40's or 50's. Then there are the 4 BA350's. I'm still
looking for at least one BA356. Now how on earth are you getting a FWD card to work in
PWS500au's, or maybe
I should ask which card? That's a KZPSA isn't it? I tried the KZPSA I
just got in my PWS433au, and it wouldn't boot, as it complained about an
unrecognized card.
I'm using KZPSA cards. I've got an ISP1040A built-in as well
on one of the PWS systems and an Intraserver U2W/Ethernet card
in the other. The Intraserver is a leftover from when I was
using a PC164LX system. I'm going to replace the board set
in the other system with a set that includes the ISP1040A.
At that point I'll remove the Intraserver card. That's
another reason I want to find a couple of empty 5.25" SBB
cases; I want to avoid trying to use the built-in ISP1040A
controllers with external devices (which is not supported
but may work).
I have a
DLT4000 (the same as a TZ87). I'd like a TZ88
or TZ89, but the DLT4000 works okay for now (and was
much cheaper than a TZ88).
I just got a DLT2000 (unfortuantly not quite the same thing as a TZ86), but
haven't tried it out yet. From what I've read the big difference between the
DLTx000 drives and
the equivalent TZ8x drives is the TZ8x drives will read TK50/TK70
tapes,
but I haven't tried yet. I suppose one could try to write the TZ8x
firmware in the DLTx000 drives, but I'd rather just buy a cheap TK70
off eBay than risk destroying my DLT4000.
At one point my primary server was an AlphaStation
500/333 with two BA350's
and a Exabyte Jukebox. I've trimmed that down to one BA350 to save power,
and the weekend before last I replaced the AlphaStation 500/333 with only
96MB of RAM with the AlphaStation 200 4/233 with 384MB of RAM (can't afford
RAM for the 500, but got the RAM in the 200 for free from a friend) so I
could run DECwindows on it, though I'll probably eventually swap it with
the PWS433au in the next few weeks.
The AS200 4/233 was my first Alpha (my wife bought it for me
to replace my VS3100, which I still have). I followed that
with a couple of PC164 motherboards, then a PC164SX (which
can't run VMS, so I used it for Digital Unix until I sold
it), followed by a PC164LX, followed by three PWS500au systems
(one of which has a ruined case but was bought as it had a
2MB cache module). I have someone digging up a replacement
case, and I'm on the lookout for two more 2MB (or 4MB if
I get lucky) cache modules. The PWS500au systems displaced
the PC164 and PC164LX systems for VMS, so the PC164LX is
my Tru64 system now. I also have a VS4000-60 running. The
two VS3100 systems are kept around just-in-case, and I have
a MVII which I'm mentioned is in line for a PDP-11 transplant
as soon as I find a CPU and memory.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net