Rex, Glad the thread was useful. Now the sales guys have to step up to the plate and make sure you save some money...
Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R. > Sent: Wednesday, 8 March 2006 7:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IXFP No Longer Supported > > Thanks, Ron. > > I spent a couple minutes on the HDS web site and somehow missed the fact > that the NSC55 supports ESCON. Also, my tongue was firmly in cheek when > I suggested the idea of plugging a FICON device into an ESCON cable. > :-) > > I didn't realize that once the initial copy was done, that subsequent > copies would only recopy the changed tracks (even tho it makes perfect > sense). My thought behind asking the wall clock involved was just > curiosity and wondering what the actual impact was to the box to be > doing the data movement in the background. I understand the idea that > the copy is immediately available before the physical tracks are copied > and was just wondering what kind of impact the background copy would > have on the foreground tasks running against the same physical disks. > > Thanks for the info. > > Rex > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
