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

[MG]

On 19-feb-2013 0:46, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> Allow me to rephrase David's comment...

Anything for a good lecture, right?


> At the risk of stating the obvious, have you tried calling HP support?

So, what happened to all those services?  In the end it boils down to
relying on HP.  That is almost hilarious, if it weren't sad.


> But unless you're willing to spend past US$1000 here, and likely well
> past that sum, there's not much point in continuing this part of the
> discussion.

You must've missed the post where I said that I'm going to leave it.


> All of what's going on here could well be due to a problem with the
> storage hardware, including the original data loss.  Overheating, bus
> errors, flaky devices, termination, etc., can all lead to instability
> and data loss.  SCSI bus errors will toss BACKUP, CIFS and the rest of
> the stack off the rails.

The glamorous world of computing!  At least we can enjoy the lectures,
right?

  - MG