Survey: Anyone using Digital UNIX, Blobs, Optical and Jukeboxes?
Posted in 1999
SURVEY: If you are using Informix, Digital UNIX, Blobs and Optical/Online (or equivalent), what drivers and optical drives and jukeboxes are you using? INFORMIX VERSION: ARE YOU USING ESQL/C (YES/NO): OPTICAL API (Optical/Online,etc.) TYPE: OPTICAL API (ditto) VERSION: DIGITAL UNIX (DU) VERSION: ANY DU PATCHES, EXPLAIN: DO YOU USE OPTICAL DRIVES? WHAT MAKE AND MODEL(S): DO YOU USE OPTICAL JUKEBOX? WHAT MAKE AND MODELS? WHAT SCSI/CAM DRIVER? WHO PROVIDES DRIVER? WHO SUPPORTS DRIVER? WHAT OTHER COMPONENTS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE IT WORK: OPTIONAL: INDUSTRY? OPTIONAL: WEB-BASED? BACKGROUND: Since Compaq bought Digital Equipment Corp, the SCSI/CAM driver team that was responsible for keeping SCSI/CAM drivers available for Digital UNIX support of jukeboxes is not longer at Digital. Hence, several discussions with the people that bought Digital optical business, etc. have yet to reveal any supporting strategy for optical drives and jukeboxes on Alphaservers that use both Informix and Digital UNIX (V4.0D or greater). The goal for this survey is to (a) find out if I don't know about a working combination (b) summarize results and (c) if significant, use that to persuade optical drivers support for Digital UNIX from vendor(s) involved. Thanks in advance, Larry Timmins ltimmins@ibs.clickcharge.com