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

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-02-17 18:33:53 +0000, Paul Sture said:

> In article <51202b7b$0$614$e4fe514c at dreader34.news.xs4all.nl>,
>  MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
>> It's too bad that ASU is rather antiquated and neglected, nowadays.
>> Or, so it appears (the last time I checked), because all the other/
>> alternative means and methods are barely usable!  VMS to non-VMS,
>> in particular.
> 
> Sorry, what is ASU in this context?

Likely Advanced Server — sometimes known as Advanced Server for Unix.
Advanced Server was the generation between PATHWORKS and CIFS/Samba, on 
OpenVMS.

> I really cannot advise DDS.  When we had DAT drives on test and
> production systems we were forever getting them swapped out for
> replacements.

Same general experience here, too.  DAT/DDS worked adequately for 
low-volume work and non-critical stuff, but the cartridges weren't that 
much past single-use.  More than a few of the drives got swapped, and 
more than a few cartridges were either write-only, or wrapped 
themselves around a capstan somewhere.


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