On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:48:21 -0400, John Eells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> How we can keep a Parallel Sysplex separated by distances greater to 100 >> KM (to use the new limit) without implementing GDPS?. AFAIK, GDPS >> automates the take over but you still will experiment outages. > >Why? > John; It is my understanding (and I might be wrong) that even with GDPS we might have outages. With GDPS we can achieve near continuous availability, but this is not the same as "full continuous availability". One would think that "full continuos availability" is just an ideal, i.e. it's not achievable, but it can be asymptotical achievable (as much availability as we want). >From the GDPS web page: "GDPS helps automate recovery procedures for planned and unplanned outages to provide near-continuous availability and disaster recovery capability. With GDPS, you can have total confidence that your key business applications will be up and running when your employees, partners and customers need them". BTW, I just want to let my top manager knows the real scope of GDPS. I can see GDPS in the near future in my company, but I don't want to create false expectations. And, as you know, availability depends upon the requestor needs. "Expectations close our senses to the reality". I want to avoid this killer fact in my company. Cheers, Giovanni ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
