IBM DASD alternatives?

[Colin Eby]

Folks --

Has anyone tried creating mainframe compatible DASD with commodity
components?  I now have an S/390, but am trying to pare it back to a
fighting weight (one that'll fit the electrical limitations of my flat).
The DASD are monster 14" platters with 400MB capacity each --
9332-Model400.  And the system requires 5 of them with its current
configuration.  I was wondering if there was a way to adapt the system to
more modest disk types much way as has been done with some of the recent
PDP re-implementations with flash and 2.5" IDE.  Any thoughts?

While we're at it, I'm still interested in offloading two of my IO cabinets
and a bunch of COM controller feature cards.  I haven't had any takers so
far.

Thanks,
Colin Eby -- ceby2 at csc.com
CSC - EMEA Northern Region  - C&SI -Technology Architect


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