[Info-vax] Best "Standalone" boot versions for Alpha and Itanium

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-01-12 21:37:43 +0000, Rich Jordan said:

> No HBVS.  The drives are mirrored by a SmartArray 6400A or the embedded 
> SAS controller, and there are no spare slots...
> The movers have recommended we pull at least one drive out of each 
> mirror set for separate transport (and since the ones in the shelves 
> will travel 'on edge' in their cages in a short rack, the ones taken 
> out will travel flat; the movers claim that vertical transport is an 
> issue but I couldn't find anything authoritative).

Any jolt that's strong enough to unpark the drive heads in any 
orientation is probably going to bend some sheet metal.

If the servers are packed correctly, the disks will be fine.

But then I'd consider pulling and labeling and boxing and moving the 
disks myself, maybe with an intermediate stop-off somewhere that can 
run a decent backup.

Whatever you can do to avoid needing or using that DVD is preferred — 
those things are utterly glacial.

Semi-related: http://images.fedex.com/us/packaging/guides/Computer_fxcom.pdf


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