Tested Hardware Configuration, July,20th 2009


Type of Computer
 Memory
 Connection
MicroVAX 3600 +
KZQSA-SCSI-Controller
 32 MB min.
 SCSI2 ;  50pol
VAXstation 4000-60
 32 MB min.
 SCSI2 ;  50pol
PWS 433
 64 MB min.
 IDE / Wide-SE-SCSI
DS20 (555 MHz)
 64 MB min.
 IDE / Wide-SE-SCSI / USB
ES40
 64 MB min.
 IDE / Wide-SE-SCSI / USB
DEC 3000-400
 64 MB min. SCSI2 ; 50 pol
Alphaserver DS10
 64 MB min. IDE / Wide-SE-SCSI
HP Integrity Server (any machine that runs OpenVMS)
 256 MB min.
 IDE / Wide-SE-SCSI  / USB



DVD-Burner
 Supported Method
Remarks
Pioneer DVR-103/A03
 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
CD-R, CD-RW
 BURNPROOF only for DVD-R/DVD-RW
Pioneer DVR-104/A04
 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
CD-R, CD-RW		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
Pioneer DVR-109
 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R, DVD+RW,
CD-R, CD-RW		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
Toshiba SD-R5002
 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
CD-R, CD-RW		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
Philips DVDRW228
 DVD+R, DVD+RW,
CD-R, CD-RW		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
HP200j
 DVD+R, DVD+RW,
CD-R, CD-RW		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
RICOH MP5124A
 DVD+R, DVD+RW,
CD-R, CD-RW		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
Sony DRU-500 A(X)
Sony DRU-510 A
 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R, DVD+RW,
CD-R, CD-RW		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
LG GMA-4020B
 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
CD-R, CD-RW,
DVD-RAM
 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
LG GSA-4081B
 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R, DVD+RW,
CD-R, CD-RW,
DVD-RAM		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
LG GSA-4120B
 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R,DVD+RW,
DVD+R Dual Layer,
CD-R, CD-RW,
DVD-RAM		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
LG GSA-4163B DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R,DVD+RW,
DVD+R Dual Layer,
CD-R, CD-RW,
DVD-RAM		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
LG GSA-H20L
 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R,DVD+RW,
DVD+R Dual Layer,
CD-R, CD-RW,
DVD-RAM		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
HP DVDwriter
DVD840i  /

LG GSA-4166B


 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R,DVD+RW,
DVD+R Dual Layer,
DVD-R Dual Layer,
CD-R, CD-RW
 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
HP DVD-RW slimline
P/N AB348B /

NEC ND-6650A

 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R,DVD+RW,
DVD+R Dual Layer,
DVD-R Dual Layer,
CD-R, CD-RW		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
Pioneer DVR.K16 slimline
 CD-R,CD-RW,
DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R,DVD+RW,
DVD+R Dual Layer,
DVD-R Dual Layer,
DVD-RAM		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
Plextor PX-B900A


 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R,DVD+RW,
DVD+R Dual Layer,
DVD-R Dual Layer,
DVD-RAM,
CD-R,CD-RW,
BD-R, BD-RE,
BD-R DL, BD-RE DL
 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
Unsupported: Blu-Ray on VAX/VMS.
LaCie Blu-ray USB drive;
(MATSHITA BD-MLT SW-5582)



 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R,DVD+RW,
DVD+R Dual Layer,
DVD-R Dual Layer,
DVD-RAM,
CD-R,CD-RW,
BD-R, BD-RE,
BD-R DL, BD-RE DL		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
Unsupported: Blu-Ray on VAX/VMS.
LG GH22NP20
 CD-R,CD-RW,
DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R,DVD+RW,
DVD+R Dual Layer,
DVD-R Dual Layer,
DVD-RAM		 Due to a firmware bug (V1.03) DVD+R burning problems when using the OpenVMS IDE-driver (OpenVMS/I64 V8.3-1H1)
MATSHITA BD-RE UJ-225S (slimline)

(** new **)
 DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R,DVD+RW,
DVD+R Dual Layer,
DVD-R Dual Layer,
DVD-RAM,
CD-R,CD-RW,
BD-R, BD-RE,
BD-R DL, BD-RE DL		 with BURNPROOF protection for all methods
Unsupported: Blu-Ray on VAX/VMS.


Software requirement Remarks                                  
VAX-VMS / Charon-VAX V5.5-2 or higher
 Read access with additional software available on the distribution CD for SCSI; no Blu-Ray support
OpenVMS/Alpha V7.2-1 or higher (SCSI only)
 Read access with additional software available on the distritution CD
OpenVMS/Alpha V7.3 or higher (IDE/SCSI) No additional software for IDE-drives needed
Read access with additional software available on the distritution CD for SCSI
OpenVMS/Alpha V8.3 or higher (IDE/SCSI)
No additional software for IDE- and  SCSI-drives needed (**new**)
OpenVMS/I64 V8.2 or higher (IDE/SCSI)
 No additional software for IDE-drives needed
Read access with additional software available on the distritution CD for SCSI
OpenVMS/I64 V8.2-1 No additional software for IDE- and  SCSI-drives needed (**new**)
OpenVMS/I64 V8.3 or higher
(USB) (**new**) 		No additional software for USB-drives needed
No additional software for IDE- and  SCSI-drives needed (**new**)

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