I can see Johns point of view, however I'm with Sam and Ted. Especially re sharing production sites for backup of each other. That would have to be a recipe for an unmitigated bloody schmozzle.
I can see the common backup site approach working - would need discipline, but that would be one of the plusses a third party would bring to the table presumably. Never used such a service myself mind you. When I was at Amdahl we tried to get one of our customers to use their hot DR site to act as fallback for another. Would help with costs, and we'd ensure sufficient kit was on the floor. Politics got in the way. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
