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[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-01-02 12:41:11 +0000, Jan-Erik Soderholm said:

> Stephen Hoffman wrote 2013-01-02 13:09:
>> On 2013-01-02 07:52:56 +0000, Jan-Erik Soderholm said:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 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.
>> 
>> Careful there Jan-Erik, you might just join me as the newest member of the
>> Club of the Not Nice (Anymore).
> 
> Well, hm, I just gave opinion to my views... :-)

Please see the front desk to pick up your membership card. :-)

> 
>> There is, unfortunately, no good NAS client for OpenVMS.
> 
> I'm not sure what a "NAS client" is.

Software to allow access into the NAS, with the remote storage mounted 
as part of the local file system.

With OpenVMS, there is only the NFS client.

With most systems, SMB/CIFS, AFP and/or iSCSI are common, and there are 
other choices.

> I use my office ReadyNAS
> to store VMS backups "off-system" by FTP. I could use my home
> ReadyNAS also for "off-site" backup storage.

Yeah; if the FTP client is enough for your needs, then the available 
options are far larger.

>> AFAIK, NFS is your sole choice.
> 
> Maybe Samba can mount a share on the ReadyNAS as a device on VMS?

Nope.  Not as a file system.  There's only an FTP-like client with the 
OpenVMS Samba/CIFS bit.

> I'm not sure and has not tested it...

Samba/CIFS is a mess, but that's fodder for another discussion.


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