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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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