[Info-vax] iSCSI, AOE, or other network block device client for VMS?

[John E. Malmberg]

Sprag wrote:
> I'm a Hobbyist and I finally found some memory for my PWS500 (768M)
> and I'm short on storage.
> 
> Are there any network block device clients for VMS 8.3 that can be
> served from Linux?  I've only got a 2G 68-pin scsi device internally
> so I'm pretty pressed for space.

<snip>

> Does any one have any solutions?
> 
> Being poor means no new hardware :(  If only that box with the ram had
> disk drives in it...

Load SimH on your Linux system and then install OpenVMS/VAX 7.3, you can 
then form a cluster to serve storage to your PWS500.

I do not know if http://www.es40.org/Project_Status is working well 
enough to have OpenVMS/Alpha serve disks.

Of course if you can add a USB adapter, then you can use USB storage.

EAGLE> show dev dna4/full

Disk EAGLE$DNA4:, device type Maxtor  OneTouch     , is online, mounted,
     file-oriented device, shareable, available to cluster,
     error logging is enabled.
     Total size           698.63GB    Sectors per track          195
     Total cylinders         38335    Tracks per cylinder        196
     Logical Volume Size  698.63GB    Expansion Size Limit       698.96GB

-John
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