> without going into SANergy per se, I would suggest to you to think > very carefully what problem you want to solve by using any SAN-shared > filesystem.
I'm not looking to solve a problem just looking for input as it relates to SANergy and setting up a new environment in a new location and only if it makes sense to do so. If I understand SANergy correctly it's a way to back up data in a SAN environment to disk pool on a SAN by keeping it off the regular network. If that is a correct assumption it is why I asked for responses to my statement about comparisons to a segregated network instead. If moving the backups to a segregated backup network would be just as fast then it seems to make sense it would be a simpler environment. LAN Free direct to tape doesn't seem to me is going to produce the same results since from what I understand you would be more limited by the number of tape drives available to the, lets say 200 nodes backing up. I'm really looking for info and recommendations since I have no problems yet. If I'm going to be able to put up a system in a new environment what would be advisable given I'm probably not going to get to purchase direct attached storage, as in a DS4800, or new tape drives, but I should be able to get SAN attached disk storage instead. Of course I would prefer to stick with AIX and keep things simple. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator SAIC M/S-B1P (858)826-4062 (office) (858)412-9883 (blackberry) Email: [email protected]
