On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:47:43 -0700, Gibney, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If we do this, we're talking about the dasd mirror being across >campus or further. We're not in an area prone to natural disasters. Really? I'm skeptical, but if you say so.... >We're more worried about human (electricia, plumber) or fire. It's >currently viewed that our primary site is far enough from the vault to >avoid simultaneous disasters. Don't forget about other kinds of human error, those caused by programmers, sysprogs, RACF admins, etc. DASD mirroring will do nothing to help you recover from a software disaster or any other accidental deletion or corruption of data. Mirroring is great, but backups are still a good idea. Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
