[Info-vax] ODS-5 data/file recovery

[MG]

On 17-feb-2013 15:40, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> Ayup.  OpenVMS is good for folks with existing OpenVMS applications, or
> a requirement for an OpenVMS application.

In my opinion it has more to do with all the sub-standard software on
top of the --- otherwise, very stable and reliable --- operating
system, like CIFS and others.  Not to mention the poorly maintained,
incomplete/lacking facilities, like SFTP (without nowhere near the
functionality as, say, FTP).  A lot of things feel like they haven't
been adapted for ODS-5 yet either, or not properly.


> OpenVMS is not particularly packaged for, nor targeted at home users,
> nor home offices, nor small businesses.  OpenVMS aims much higher, and
> more specialized.

What are you assuming here?


> For a small site, OpenVMS itself is also quite expensive for a fully-
> and permanently-licensed configuration.  For a little more than a
> one-core Itanium license for just OpenVMS I64 itself, some very nice
> servers — all hardware and software — are available.   There are servers
> much better suited for typical home and small business uses, too.

Really?  I had no idea...


> Whether with emulation or with real hardware, OpenVMS is also not a very
> good client of other file servers.  NFS is the central and arguably the
> sole choice for that.  There's no SMB/CIFS client available, and no
> FUSE-style file system client for accessing an FTP or SFTP or WebDAV
> file server.

You mean VAX?  I was actually thinking of mostly emulating AXP.

  - MG