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geneb
geneb at deltasoft.com
Wed Mar 14 14:40:27 CDT 2018
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Zane Healy wrote:
>>
>>> Really on the VAX side, emulation makes sense. For $75, I picked up a
>>> HP i5 system that’s dedicated to running SIMH 24x7, and I also have
>>> SIMH running on my HP i7 ESXI system, and on a RPi2. The i7 is my
>>> fastest “VAX”.
>>>
>> Zane, what's the host OS that you're using for SIMH?
>>
>> tnx.
>>
>> g.
>
> I’m currently using Ubuntu (I’ve run SIMH a lot of different UNIX &
> Linux flavors over the years).
>
> With the ESXI and RPi systems, I’m using the version of SIMH/VAX that
> Ubuntu provides. With the i5, I upgraded to current to try to resolve
> some issues. The i5 is serving up several large drives, and a couple
> small Shadowsets that it shares with another system. The Shadowsets are
> for Cluster Files, and critical data. It’s also my cluster tape server
> (virtual tapes).
>
> There can be issues, but I think the ones I’ve run into are more a
> OpenVMS/VAX v7.3 & OpenVMS/Alpha v8.3 clustering issue. Backing up an
> ODS-5 disk from a VAX isn’t a good idea, but it seems fine to back it up
> from the Alpha, to a tape drive on the VAX.
What model of HP i5 did you get? I'm entertaining the idea of getting
another R710, but they're still ~$250 plus drives.
tnx.
g.
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