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From: rsh@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Scott Holbrook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Mixed 700/300 clusters and local disks
Message-ID: <5570651@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 30 May 91 20:43:06 GMT
References: <1991May28.190640.5789@sunee.waterloo.edu>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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> We also have 300s and we would like to use a 700 as a server (we
> currently use an 850, but it does not do its job very well, a 350 used
> to do it better).  We've asked HP, and we've heard that they are not
> planning to support mixed 700/300 clusters, and we are pretty annoyed,
> especially since it would seem that they already have all the right
> support given that they support an 800 as a server for 300s.

Whoever told you that is wrong.  While the 8.01 release does not
support diskless at all, the 8.05 release (soon to be available) does
support mixed 700/300 clusters (the s700 must be the server, and can
server any combination of s700, s300 and s400 clients).  Local mounts
will be supported.

Scott Holbrook
HP-UX 8.05 kernel project (diskless)

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