[Info-vax] Software Question: to config and monitor msa 30 disks on 5300a RA Card

[H Vlems]

On Oct 22, 5:51 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <26ce35dc-0ce4-45b4-87ee-11ae76d81... at j19g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>, H Vlems <hvl... at freenet.de> writes:
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> >On 22 okt, 16:09, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net> wrote:
> >> Chuck Aaron wrote:
> >> > I have an Alpha Ds25 that is running vms 8.3. It has two
> >> > RA cards and my question: is there any software that will
> >> > allow me to monitor my RA disks on an MSA30 from my desktop
> >> > PC?
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> >> > Thanks in Advance.
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> >> I suspect that you will have to write your own! =A0RA series disks have
> >> been hopelessly obsolete for at least the last ten years. =A0If you have
> >> some still running, my congratulations. =A0If you can afford the electric
> >> bill, my heartfelt congratulations!
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> >> For those who came late, the RA81 weighed about 150 pounds, was 19"
> >> wide, about 36" deep and 12" high and had a capacity IIRC of about
> >> 450MB, drew a 35 Ampere starting surge and 7 amperes steady state! I met
> >> my first in 1984. =A0Later RA series disk (RA9x?) were physically smaller
> >> and had greater capacities. =A0I don't miss them!
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> >The RA81 was not that heavy, wasn't it? More like 50 to 60 kgr (say
> >130 lbs).
> >Anyway, I seriously doubt the OP has an RAxx SDI disk connected to a
> >DS25 ;-)
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> Maybe it's really an RD54? :P
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Nah, those stopped working long ago... (Maxtor drives, right?)