On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:58:08 -0600, Eric Bielefeld <[email protected]> wrote:
>I haven't heard anything about this new dasd, but I have a question. Why would you want everything encrypted? If you have a dasd box in your datacenter, what is the reason to encrypt all your data? I can see that maybe for mirroring where the data gets sent long distances over communication lines, but why would the average datacenter need this? > >Eric > >-- >Eric Bielefeld No worries if a unit is removed and replaced, or the entire array sold off. The data should be unrecoverable if it is all encrypted. Many data centers have sensitive information sprinkled around in various files. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
