On Mon, 11 May 2015 16:42:13 -0600, Mark Post wrote: >>>> On 5/11/2015 at 05:31 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> Except it would be >> great if z/OS could employ the optical drive in the HMC, as I've >> been told z/Linux and z/VM do. > >z/VM for some time now. Linux Real Soon Now. In both cases, performance is >not great, since the data path was never architected to handle large volumes >of data. > RPMs of the drive? Or data path within the controller? If it's any farther downstream, it's a shame. And even controller microcode might be patched.
But another concern is the disastrous consequence of mechanical wear and tear on the HMC. Better, a commodity drive on a auxiliary port on the HMC. Or a PC with an optical drive and an embedded NFS server. And a good way to handle the FSUM7131 mesage. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
