Bruce McKnight wrote:
Greetings,
This is kind of an odd question, so please bear with me.
Last year we consolidated all of our LPARs onto a single z9. We have
a z800 that is disconnected from everything and completely powered
down. Once it rolls off the books, we'll probably roll it out to the
dumpster (Of course we know we have to be environmentally conscious
and recycle it appropriately. I was speaking figuratively.)
It seems a shame to waste the hardware. I'd like to use it for a
Linux proof-of-concept project. We could easily reconnect it to power
and our network but DASD is a problem. We converted our array to
FICON but the z800 only has ESCON.
My question is this: Does anyone know of a way to use a fast PC with a
big hard drive as mainframe DASD. I might be able to swing funds for
an ESCON card for the PC and whatever software may be required ...
within reason. The PC can run Linux or Windows.
I'm just gathering feasibility info at this point. If I can't get a
PC to act as a DASD server, the whole idea is moot.
BUSTECH has a product (zDASD 3990 Controller) that I think does this.
I have never used it, so I can't comment further on it.
Richard
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