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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: <5570656@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Jun 91 20:41:26 GMT
References: <1991May28.190640.5789@sunee.waterloo.edu>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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>>    Series 800 systems may serve some types of 800 clients and all
>>    Series 300, Series 400 clients.  Series 700 clients are not
>>    supported with a Series 800 server.

> Uhhh, well, what about the new 800's, due to be announced in a month?
> Will they be able to be configured as a server with 700 clients?

No.  There are no concrete plans (that I know of) to support an 800
server with s700 clients.  Even if we were to support it, don't look
for it any time soon.  It is a very difficult problem to solve, and
would require a "major" release (9-months to a year minimum).

> We would like to get one of those to use as a multiuser machine now
> and a server later.  Should we go for a 750 instead?

Without knowing more about your requirements, I can't really answer
this question.  As far as diskless goes, if you want to use a very fast
machine as a server of s300/s400/s700 clients, then your only choice
(today anyway) is the Series 700.

Scott

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