Mostly for convenience when you have to manipulate the buttons on the front
of the machine. Otherwise, the limit is the twinax maximum. (5000 feet?
Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Lampert
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:29 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Running out of twinax consoles...
vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
These could be as far apart as Utah and Florida!
Yeah, but it would be a little inconvenient if you have to hot-swap a drive.
Anybody know of any other reason why IBM keeps telling people to put the
console in the same room as the box?
This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2026 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact
[javascript protected email address].
Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.
midrange.com
