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From: nagy%warner.hepnet@LBL.GOV (Frank J. Nagy, VAX Wizard & Guru)
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Subject: Re: Cluster-wide tape drives
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Date: 8 Jul 88 13:52:56 GMT
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>      Is there any way to make a non-HSC tape drive available to an entire
> cluster? 

No.  There have been rumors from time to time that Digital is working on
a TMSCP Server to make local tape drives available cluster-wide like the
current MSCP server handles disk drives.  However, Digital has never
committed to this and I've not heard the rumor lately.


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