I guess FDR/ABR vs. DSS/HSM is a little like politics and religion, everyone has an opinion and they have strong feelings regarding those opinions. Sometimes the opinions are based on facts and sometimes they are not. And sometimes our opinion are based on things that happened a long time ago, so maybe a new look is in order.
I prefer FDR/ABR based on my experiences with DSS/HSM in the late 90's. It was my first exposure to DSS/HSM. I didn't have any formal training in using DSS/HSM. I had used DSS by itself previously. The problems/inadequacies that I ran into were probably due more to my lack of understanding than anything else. Since this was a new shop preparing to go into production, I felt it was necessary to put in place procedures that I knew worked. I was tired of telling the programming staff that a file they needed from such and such a day wasn't backed up or migrated. Again, probably my fault more than HSM/DSS. In the end, whatever you use, the key is to be able to restore data on a "as needed basis" and to provide for the recovery of your DASD farm in the event of disaster in a timely manner. How much time and media the backups take is also a consideration. And even if it isn't the proper thing to base one's choice on, cost is a factor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
