Greetings, all. We run TSM at a central site, with moderate numbers of clients in remote locations. For some types of data, it is becoming a little scary to have to depend on the network to do restoration, just because of the size of the restore and the size of the pipe. So I'm looking at backupsets as a transmission method; never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of 9-tracks.
What I envision is cutting backupsets in e.g. DVD-ROM, and handing those over to the client. But I'm wondering: On what media, on what platforms, are you successfully using backupsets? What's my best bet for new devices to hook up to my AIX box to serve this new publishing method? I'm considering CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and possibly several tape technologies, probably starting with 8mm. But I don't really even know what's the hot tape tech outside of our high-end managed storage millieu. Anyone got a clue they can toss my way? - Allen S. Rout
