[Info-vax] Hobbyist DS10/DS15 fastest storage option

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <pm6l14$eeb$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
<davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 

> One of my systems is a VAXstation 4000 Model 90A, which has 2 disks, one 
> or two GB RZ26 / RZ28 disks.  Never had a problem with performance. 
> Yeah, all I do is software development, which is mostly using EDT, and 
> the compiler and linker.
> 
> What do you plan at home that requires that much storage, and faster 
> performance?

I had 2 VAXes in the cluster at home, including a 4000/90A, for 11
years.  Really nice, easy to work on, quiet, use little power.  I am now
Alpha-only.  Why?  Main reasons: advanced shadowing features, faster
ethernet, more modern TCPIP, faster SCSI.  If you aren't using
shadowing, you probably don't need faster ethernet nor faster SCSI (nor,
of course, more-advanced shadowing features); if you aren't connecting
to the outside world, you probably don't need more modern TCPIP.