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

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In article <8b5f745d-1613-4b12-8fdf-fe4de5c64f9f at d23g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>, H Vlems <hvlems at freenet.de> writes:
>On Oct 22, 5:51=A0pm, 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! =3DA0RA series disks h=
>ave
>> >> been hopelessly obsolete for at least the last ten years. =3DA0If you =
>have
>> >> some still running, my congratulations. =3DA0If you can afford the ele=
>ctric
>> >> 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 m=
>et
>> >> my first in 1984. =3DA0Later RA series disk (RA9x?) were physically sm=
>aller
>> >> and had greater capacities. =3DA0I 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?)

I have 2 still spinning!

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