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Article #21705Re: AT&T 3B20D
From: Bruce Albrecht
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1989 18:30
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1989 18:30
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In article <822@unocss.UUCP>, mlewis@unocss.UUCP (Marcus S. Lewis) writes: > My understanding (also from a DG FE) was that the difference between a mini > and a mainframe was that on a mainframe you can to diagnostics and swapout > maintenance without shutting down. What enables the MV/40 to do this is a > new bus (new to the MV series) controller. I think your DG FE was putting you on. There's nothing inherent in a mainframe that allows it to do online diagnostics, etc., that is peculiar to a mainframe. If the software and hardware is designed to allow for it, you can logically turn almost anything off, and pull it. Of course, outside of a few machines specifically designed for fault-tolerance, losing a CPU is fatal.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!xanth!nic.MR.NET!shamash!raspail!bga From: bga@raspail.cdcnet.cdc.com (Bruce Albrecht) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: AT&T 3B20D Keywords: 3B20D Message-ID: <2097@raspail.cdcnet.cdc.com> Date: 11 Jun 89 18:30:16 GMT References: <486@ntvax.UUCP> <822@unocss.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Control Data Corporation, Arden Hills, MN Lines: 11