On 3 Sep 2010 11:27:13 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: > Any DASD device is going to eventually fail. If the data is not backed up > efficiently (mirrored, physical or otherwise) and there aren't solid and, > more importantly, TESTED procedures in place for when that failure does > happen (the DMX-3 is an older piece of EMC hardware) then the DOT in Virginia > have no one to point at other than themselves. I can sympathize if > procedures in place fail but lack of procedures doesn't let them off the > hook.... > > EMC has a number of DR solutions (GDDR most prominent) that would have made > this failure completely invisible to the outside world. It's all a matter of > how much of an investment the Virginia DOT wants to make in YOUR data's > security and persistence...
The way I read the articles, there was mirroring and the failure of primary was made disastrous by the failure of the mirroring device. If this is the case, what are the probabilities of the same thing on IBM devices regardless of the operating system? Clark Morris > > Regards, > >Stan Weyman >Senior Software Engineer >stan.wey...@emc.com >where information lives >It is wise to keep in mind that neither >success nor failure is ever final.... >>> rest snippedd ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
