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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Craig Lalley
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 2:00 PM
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Subject: Re: 'Raiding' LDEV1 (Was: HP3000 Homesteading Questions)

--- Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I believe the VA7xxxx line of HP storage gear is bootable and so could
> be used for LDEV1 and whatever else you have in the SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET.
> On the used market, such devices are relatively cheap, have higher
> capacities than the AutoRAID and Nike arrays, and have higher
> performance as well. However, they do require fiber connections on
> your 3000, and so might run into issues with older versions of MPE.

The problem is not so much the version of MPE, but more importantly the
model of HP.

The older "NIO" 9x9 and earlier, do not support native fibre.  The
n-class boxes do.

To "boot" from a VA7X, you would need the A5814A-003 fibre to scsi
"brick".

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Hmmm... this has possibilities for me.

I would be interested in some quotes on a A5814A-003 as we already have
a 4 terabyte storage array and some seriously aging hard drives I have
been meaning to replace.

Transitioning to the enterprise storage array would be an excellent path
to an emulated 3000, assuming HP has any intention of ever letting that
happen, and eliminate having to buy new hard drives that will be
abandoned in a year or so.

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