>> On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:54:10 -0500, Thomas Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I am aware of four options for extending FCP tape drive connections > over distances in this range: FCP over dedicated fibre, FCP over > shared fibre with wave division multiplexing, iFCP, and FCIP. I > gather that there are TSM sites with remote tape drives. Does their > experience offer strong reasons to favor or avoid particular > options? Just use the network; remote virtual volumes can be as efficient, with less complexity. I have gotten up to 60MB/s 350 miles away. Make the pipe big enough, and make your TCP buffers big enough, and you'll do fine. That means you don't have to arrange for anything but a fat pipe when the meteor hits one of your centers in the future. - Allen S. Rout
