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The series of '''InfoServer''' VAX computers has four members:

* Infoserver 100
* Infoserver 150
* Infoserver 150VXT
* Infoserver 1000

== Overview ==

An '''InfoServer''' is an [[Ethernet]]-based, high-performance, virtual disk server. It can serve physical disk media and sets of logical disk blocks to the network. Host systems running the appropriate client software can connect to virtual disks served by the InfoServer and use them as though they were locally attached devices.

The InfoServer is a virtual disk server. Unlike a file server, the InfoServer does not impose a file system on the virtual disks that it serves. This means the InfoServer can serve a disk with any type of on-disk file structure. The host client system interprets the on-disk structure itself, allowing each host system to use its own native file system. Multiple on-disk structures can be served and accessed on a single InfoServer at the same time.

An Infoserver is comparable to what today is a [[SAN]] server.

There's a rumor that you can convert a MicroVAX 3100 (or even a VAXstation 3100) into an InfoServer by replacing the system ROMs with those of an InfoServer. You need two 27C1024 ICs, the ROM images, and a ROM programmer device. I can supply the ROM images for the InfoServer 150.

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== External links ==

* [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/9/94/EK-DIS1K-UG-001.pdf InfoServer 100 System Operations Guide] (EK-DIS1K-UG-001)
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/ethernet/infoserver/AA-PJXJC-TE_InfoServer_System_Operations_Guide_Oct94.pdf InfoServer System Operations Guide] (AA-PJXJC-TE)
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/ethernet/infoserver/EK-INFLC-OM_InfoServer_1000_Installtion_and_Owners_Guide_Mar94.pdf InfoServer 1000 Installation and Owners Guide] (EK-INFLC-OM.B01)
* [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/5/5f/EK-A0372-MG.B01.pdf MicroVAX 3100, VAXserver 3100, InfoServer 100 and InfoServer 150-150 VXT Maintenance Guide] (EK-A0372-MG.B01)
* [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/b/b5/EK-INFSV-OM-001.pdf InfoServer 150 Installation and Owner's Guide] (EK-INFSV-OM-001)
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/brochures/DEC-InfoServer1000-NetworkStorageServer.pdf InfoServer 1000 - Network SCSI Storage Server] (EC-F2305-29)

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 * Infoserver 100
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 == Overview ==
-An '''InfoServer''' is an [[Ethernet]]-based, high-performance, virtual disk server. It can serve physical disk media and sets of logical disk blocks to the network. Host systems running the appropriate client software can connect to virtual disks served by the InfoServer and use them as though they were locally attached devices.
+An '''InfoServer''' is an [[Ethernet]]-based, high-performance, virtual disk [[server]]. It can serve physical disk media and sets of logical disk blocks to the network. Host systems running the appropriate client software can connect to virtual disks served by the InfoServer and use them as though they were locally attached devices.
 The InfoServer is a virtual disk server. Unlike a file server, the InfoServer does not impose a file system on the virtual disks that it serves. This means the InfoServer can serve a disk with any type of on-disk file structure. The host client system interprets the on-disk structure itself, allowing each host system to use its own native file system. Multiple on-disk structures can be served and accessed on a single InfoServer at the same time.
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-There's a rumor that you can convert a MicroVAX 3100 (or even a VAXstation 3100) into an InfoServer by replacing the system ROMs with those of an InfoServer. You need two 27C1024 ICs, the ROM images, and a ROM programmer device. I can supply the ROM images for the InfoServer 150.
+There's a rumor that you can convert a [[MicroVAX 3100 series|MicroVAX 3100]] (or even a [[VAXstation 3100 series|VAXstation 3100]]) into an InfoServer by replacing the system [[read-only memory|ROMs]] with those of an InfoServer. You need two 27C1024 [[integrated circuit|ICs]], the ROM images, and a ROM programmer device. I can supply the ROM images for the InfoServer 150.
 == Host-Based InfoServer Alternative ==
-Beginning with OpenVMS Alpha V8.3 and OpenVMS I64 V8.2-1, OpenVMS itself contains host-based InfoServer support; the ability for OpenVMS itself to provide InfoServer Local Area Disk (LAD) and MOP services.
+Beginning with [[OpenVMS]] Alpha V8.3 and OpenVMS I64 V8.2-1, OpenVMS itself contains host-based InfoServer support; the ability for OpenVMS itself to provide InfoServer Local Area Disk (LAD) and MOP services. The OpenVMS host-based InfoServer software also removes the 2 GB limit from previous InfoServer devices; hardware InfoServer devices are limited to serving disks of 2 GB or less.
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		+	== See also ==
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		+	* [[Installing and Using the SIMH InfoServer150VXT]]

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		+	== Host-Based InfoServer Alternative ==
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		+	Beginning with OpenVMS Alpha V8.3 and OpenVMS I64 V8.2-1, OpenVMS itself contains host-based InfoServer support; the ability for OpenVMS itself to provide InfoServer Local Area Disk (LAD) and MOP services.
		+	The OpenVMS host-based InfoServer software also removes the 2 GB limit from previous InfoServer devices; hardware InfoServer devices are limited to serving disks of 2 GB or less.

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		+	== Comparison of InfoServer Models ==
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		+	{\| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
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		+	! Model !! Boot Device !! CPU !! RAM !! SCSI Ports
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		+	\| InfoServer 100 \|\| RZ23 \|\| KA41 \|\| 4MB (fix) \|\| 2
		+	\|-
		+	\| InfoServer 150 \|\| RZ23L \|\| KA41 \|\| 4MB (fix) \|\| 2
		+	\|-
		+	\| InfoServer 150VXT \|\| RZ24 \|\| KA41 \|\| 4MB (fix) \|\| 2
		+	\|-
		+	\| InfoServer 1000 \|\| Flash \|\| KA? \|\| 4MB (8MB optional) \|\| 1
		+	\|}

	There's a rumor that you can convert a MicroVAX 3100 (or even a VAXstation 3100) into an InfoServer by replacing the system ROMs with those of an InfoServer. You need two 27C1024 ICs, the ROM images, and a ROM programmer device. I can supply the ROM images for the InfoServer 150.		There's a rumor that you can convert a MicroVAX 3100 (or even a VAXstation 3100) into an InfoServer by replacing the system ROMs with those of an InfoServer. You need two 27C1024 ICs, the ROM images, and a ROM programmer device. I can supply the ROM images for the InfoServer 150.

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