[Info-vax] SBB's

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote 2013-01-02 05:00:
> In article <slrnke6r4l.555.brad at coyote.home.earwicker>, you write:
>
>>> The only things I am actively looking for are 40 MB/s blue SBB disks in
>>> sizes 2GB and 36 GB.
>> [...]
>>> Apart from my regular travels in Europe I will probably be in the USA
>>> this autumn.
>>
>> Are you inflexible about the size?
>
> Like I say, I probably have enough of the other sizes, though I have
> room on my shelves for some more spares, but 2 and especially 36 GB
> would be interesting if they are a) blue (i.e. ULTRA) and b) wide
> (i.e. -VW) and perhaps going a bit out of my way to get.
>
>> Where in the USA?
>
> Plans aren't firm yet, but probably travelling between Atlanta and Fort
> Worth, or vice versa, through Alabama.
>
>> I have a number of
>> SBB's with 72GB 10KRPM disks in them.
>
> Wow!  72 GB!  I thought 34 was the largest of the SBBs for the BA356.
>
>> They worked very well in my BA356's
>> for a number of years, but I have no further need for them.
>
> Don't throw them out!
>
> Where are you located?
>
> If you are not on the way, perhaps shipping within the US would be an
> option.  How many do you have?
>
> I started out with VMS 20 years ago.  My DISK$USER has now grown to 9
> GB, hence replacing it with an 18-GB disk.  I initialized it with enough
> headers and could grow it to 36 MB or even 72 if necessary.  I'm 48, so
> I'm thinking that I won't reach 36 MB before I die.  :-|  However, I
> moved from film to digital photography a few years ago (and even before
> that towards the end of my film photography got the negatives scanned)
> and like to put my photographs on disk.  I have them on CD or DVD but it
> is more convenient to have them on disk.  Also, with a shadow set where
> I can replace members when they fail, this might be more robust than CD
> or DVD.  (One hears that one should copy them every few years, but if
> something has already gone bad, then this won't help in such a case,
> though it might prevent further loss.)  I'm now at 18 GB for this disk,
> but 72 GB  within a few years is not at all unrealistic.  Thus, such
> disks would find a good home here and will hopefully see many years of
> service!
>

Now, as much as I low VMS, I (only) use VMS for things that VMS does well.
Acting as a repository for the families files (sound, music, digital
pictures and such) is *not* one of those, IMHO.

I have two Netgear ReadyNAS boxes (one at home and one at the office)
each (currently) with 4 1TB disks in RAID config. These are used by my
wife and kids to "save" their files.

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/storage/prosumer/RND4410.aspx#

Jan-Erik.