IBM DASD alternatives?

[ceby2 at csc.com]

>There's actually a couple of ways.  You can do it through the front-end,
>and you can do it over a SAN.

>Peace...  Sridhar

>Sridhar -

Okay, lemme clarify.  The system is a 9221, air cooled rack mount system
(built in 1992).  So yes it's a ES9000 as opposed to an s390.  Sorry I'm
still getting used to the distinctions.  I was working in Windows and UNIX
when this system was out.  I only started playing with big iron relatively
recently.  This one's pretty low end, 64 MB main, parallel channel adapter
and as I mentioned, the older 9332-400 DASD.  The features I have right now
or communication and DASD/tape.  I finished sorting through the cables, and
irritatingly I need to find some bus&tag DB78 stock before I can hook up
the 9332s.

Anyone trying to dump bus & tag DB78 cabling?

And, coming back to what you wrote,  Sridhar, I wasn't sure what you meant
by defining minidisk through the front end?

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


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