Gartner once said that iSCSI would be the dominant way of connecting to storage by 2001. FC is going away as fast as tape drives are.
Andy Huebner -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schneider, John Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] iscsi world as it relates to TSM world Howard, Thanks for your input. Our very vocal proponent of iscsi is probably getting his information from a Gartner-wannabe trade rag that is being sponsored by iscsi vendors. He is from our Network group, and has never been responsible for a storage environment himself. By unfortunately, management tends to listen to people that speak with a tone of authority, even when they are just parroting someone else. But since I am not an authority either, it seemed like a good idea to ask ADSM-L for advice. Best Regards, John D. Schneider Phone: 314-364-3150 Cell: 314-486-2359 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Coles Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] iscsi world as it relates to TSM world I think someone is pulling a fast one on you. Most likely this is caused by sales people of iscsi equipment. However, FC is still faster, and more reliable. The only reason it would go away is if your managers and CIO decided to do away with it. From what I've seen out of Brocade, they'd be surprised to hear this. See Ya' Howard > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Schneider, John > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ADSM-L] iscsi world as it relates to TSM world > > Greetings, > There are a couple people at our company that contend that FC is > going away, and in a very short time everything will be iscsi. I am > afraid I am completely ignorant about iscsi as it relates to tape > traffic. My questions are: > > 1) Can anybody tell me what is going on in the iscsi world around tape? > > 2) Are there iscsi software/hardware solutions for Windows and AIX (or > TSM platforms) attached tape? > 3) Are there tape drives/libraries with native iscsi support, or are > converters necessary? > 4) Have any of you converted from a SCSI or FC tape environment to > iscsi? If so, what were the gotchas? > > Thanks in advance for the input. > > Best Regards, > > John D. Schneider > Lead Systems Administrator - Storage > Sisters of Mercy Health Systems > 3637 South Geyer Road > St. Louis, MO 63127 > Phone: 314-364-3150 > Cell: 314-486-2359 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > This e-mail contains information which (a) may be PROPRIETARY IN NATURE > OR > OTHERWISE PROTECTED BY LAW FROM DISCLOSURE, and (b) is intended only > for the > use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the addressee, or > the > person responsible for delivering this to the addressee(s), you are > notified > that reading, copying or distributing this e-mail is prohibited. If you > have > received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately. This e-mail contains information which (a) may be PROPRIETARY IN NATURE OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED BY LAW FROM DISCLOSURE, and (b) is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering this to the addressee(s), you are notified that reading, copying or distributing this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately. This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you.
