sclubley@compulink.co.uk (Simon Clubley) (06/30/90)
I am currently looking at replacing the backup system on my PDP-11/84 with a new one. I am looking at the possibility of using DAT or re-writable optical disks. Has anyone had any experience of using these backup devices under RSTS (will they even run under RSTS ?) and what kind of backup performance/reliability problems have you found ? Simon Clubley sclubley@cix.compulink.co.uk
kph@dustbin.cisco.com (Kevin Paul Herbert) (07/01/90)
What DEC devices do the optical disk and DAT emulate? Is the optical disk write once, or write many? Kevin
stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter) (07/03/90)
From article <memo.59492@cix.uucp>, by sclubley@compulink.co.uk (Simon Clubley): > I am currently looking at replacing the backup system on my PDP-11/84 > with a new one. I am looking at the possibility of using DAT or > re-writable optical disks. Has anyone had any experience of using > these backup devices under RSTS (will they even run under RSTS ?) > and what kind of backup performance/reliability problems have you > found ? > > Simon Clubley > sclubley@cix.compulink.co.uk You are in the UK, so you probably can hear me shouting GO FOR IT SIMON, GET AN EXABYTE!!! They work very well indeed, solve problems you did not know you had, and are very very reliable. I can give it my unhesitating endorsement. Stephen Carter, Systems Manager, The Administration, The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK Tel: +44 273 678203 Fax: +44 273 678335 JANET: stevedc@uk.ac.sussex.syma EARN/BITNET : stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk UUCP: stevedc@syma.uucp ARPA/INTERNET: stevedc%syma.sussex.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (Ring for details?)
earl@cs.columbia.edu (Earl Smith) (07/19/90)
In article <3026@syma.sussex.ac.uk> stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter) writes: >From article <memo.59492@cix.uucp>, by sclubley@compulink.co.uk (Simon Clubley): > >> I am currently looking at replacing the backup system on my PDP-11/84 >> with a new one. I am looking at the possibility of using DAT or --- >> re-writable optical disks. Has anyone had any experience of using ------------------------- >> these backup devices under RSTS (will they even run under RSTS ?) >> and what kind of backup performance/reliability problems have you >> found ? >> >> Simon Clubley >> sclubley@cix.compulink.co.uk > > >You are in the UK, so you probably can hear me shouting > >GO FOR IT SIMON, GET AN EXABYTE!!! ------- ******************************************************************* ***** AN EXABYTE IS NEITHER DAT NOR RE-WRITABLE OPTICAL DISKS ***** ************ IT'S GOOD, BUT IT ISN'T WHAT HE ASKED FOR************* ******************************************************************* > >They work very well indeed, solve problems you did not know you had, and >are very very reliable. > >I can give it my unhesitating endorsement. > >Stephen Carter, Systems Manager, The Administration, >The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK >Tel: +44 273 678203 Fax: +44 273 678335 JANET: stevedc@uk.ac.sussex.syma >EARN/BITNET : stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk UUCP: stevedc@syma.uucp >ARPA/INTERNET: stevedc%syma.sussex.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk > >(Ring for details?)