Re: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)

2006-10-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, R.S. said: > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:32:39 +0200 > > > > ... Assuming always that one has a browser that can view a > > portion of a file without loading the whole thing into local > > storage. Such browsers are a vanishing species. More practical > > to run the brows

Re: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)

2006-10-24 Thread R.S.
Paul Gilmartin wrote: In a recent note, R.S. said: Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:36:06 +0200 Maybe it's not fast, but it ...need not. Using ftp you have to download whole file before use it. When you have a file on network drive, you can browse it without transmitting. Depending o

Re: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)

2006-10-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, R.S. said: > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:36:06 +0200 > > Maybe it's not fast, but it ...need not. Using ftp you have to download > whole file before use it. When you have a file on network drive, you can > browse it without transmitting. Depending on the usage it can be fa

Re: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)?

2006-10-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, McKown, John said: > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:05:38 -0500 > > The single biggest problem with the NFS server is that it cannot "serve" > the same "exported filesystem" in both ASCII and binary modes. It is > strictly one or the other. > I have not experienced this; wit

Re: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)

2006-10-23 Thread Itschak Mugzach
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 8:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style) Itschak Mugzach wrote: > NFS is one way. We use it from time to time but it is respo

Re: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)

2006-10-23 Thread R.S.
Itschak Mugzach wrote: NFS is one way. We use it from time to time but it is response time sensitive to and parameter sensitive, so it might not be to responsive. Another way is to use your disk hardware. EMC and HDS can share disk volumes. We use Hitachi HRX to share devices between MF & Window

Re: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)

2006-10-23 Thread Itschak Mugzach
NFS is one way. We use it from time to time but it is response time sensitive to and parameter sensitive, so it might not be to responsive. Another way is to use your disk hardware. EMC and HDS can share disk volumes. We use Hitachi HRX to share devices between MF & Windows (but it works with Unix

Re: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)?

2006-10-23 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Lawrence > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 5:30 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)? > > > I'd t

Re: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)?

2006-10-23 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, John S. Giltner, Jr. said: > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:53:47 -0400 > > I am not sure if z/OS can be a NFS client, I know it can be a NFS server. > It can; we do it extensively. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---

Re: Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)?

2006-10-23 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
Thomas Lawrence wrote: I'd thought I'd read about doing this somewhere. We have a d/l of a large database occurring monthly and it would require something like this. Thanks. I am assuming you are talking about z/OS. z/OS can NOT be SAMBA client. It can be a SAMBA server. Which means you

Anyway to Map PC Disk to Mainframe (Unix Style)?

2006-10-23 Thread Thomas Lawrence
I'd thought I'd read about doing this somewhere. We have a d/l of a large database occurring monthly and it would require something like this. Thanks. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email