Point your web browser to http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/software/virtualization/index.html which is a link to IBM TotalStorage Virtualization. What you are asking for is essentially DFSMS for Open Systems and this is precisely what is coming soon to a data center near you! Using the SAN File System and other components in the suite, you can define data rules and policies to manage your data across the enterprise. And, yes, you can move inactive data from Tier 1 high performance storage to less expensive, less performance (aka SATA) storage and then eventually to tape or deletion. All based on your defined rules and policies.
We can all be excited about this breakthrough. John G. Talafous Berbee Information Networks 6670 West Snowville Rd. Unit 9 Brecksville, Ohio 44141 http://www.berbee.com
