meulenbr@cst.prl.philips.nl (Frans Meulenbroeks) (06/07/91)
Hi, I was wondering whether is would be possible to share a hard disk between two computers. The disk in question is a disk with a separate host adaptor and an Adaptec 4000 scsi<->st506 board. I was wondering if it is possible to share this disk between two computers. Could this sharing be done on the acsi level, or only at the scsi level. If this is hardware-wise possible, could then both computers use the same disk at the same time, or would that require software or hardware support which is not present. If the adaptec has two disks connected, would it then be possible for each of the computers to use one of the disks. I know, I can plug the disk to the other system, but I foresee that I'll have to use both systems for a while, while moving from the one to the other. Both systems need the same data, so the only other solution seems to be to do cable juggling each time a transition between systems is made. I'd rather not do so. Anyone any experience/knowledge/information?? Thanks, -- Frans Meulenbroeks (meulenbr@prl.philips.nl) Centre for Software Technology