[HECnet] RSTS/E + DECNET 4.1

[Dave McGuire]

On 10/30/2012 01:52 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Boner Hitler??

Asked a friend on IRC for a hostname, and he suggested bonerhitler,
doesn't fit my naming scheme but I haven't felt like changing it.

  I like it.   I could drink with this person.

Sorry, never did DECnet under Ultrix.   I can help you with most 
anything else Ultrix-related, though...it was my main desktop
platform for many years.

On a VAXstation or a DECstation?

  On several machines.   First on a VAXstation-II, then upgraded that to
a four-plane GPX with a grayscale monitor.   I had a VAXstation-2000 on
the network with it, on a desk in another room.

  I moved to Sun3 desktop systems from there, but then ended up using a
gaggle of DECstation-3100s and -5000s for various server roles.

For long-term reliable online (as opposed to tape) data storage,
look into ZFS.

Actually, that's a good idea. How good is linux's support for it
right now?

  It's very stable, but not very fast.   Their (the zfsonlinux.org folks)
focus has been on stability first.   They're just now starting to work on
performance.

  I've been running it on my primary desktop machine, for everything
except /, /var, and /usr, across four 1.5TB drives, for about a year.
It's good so far, but, NOTE WELL, it needs GOBS of memory.   Don't even
try it on a system with less than 4GB.   It gives you a lot back, but it
does eat memory.   I'm running 16GB in that system.   I recommend at least
8GB.

  Boner Hitler. *snicker*

                            -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA