No, not misinformed, I'm daft but that daft. :-) It means that I've been in shops that say they have gotten rid of all tape drives. Don't even bring them a tape.
Now what does that mean? Like your three points? I have no idea. But I am sure that it meets all criteria. Lindy -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "New" way to do UCB lookups In <[email protected]>, on 11/19/2012 at 09:09 PM, Lindy Mayfield <[email protected]> said: >Paper tape is even cheaper, but I'm just being a smart a$$. :-) No, just misinformed. Paper tape is far more expensive per bit, and the cost per foot isn't relevant. >But seriously, I think that must be wrong if so many people are getting >rid of tape drives. What does that mean? 1. Using a hot backup site, which costs more but get you back up more rapidly. 2. Using tape drives at a remote location. 3. Getting rid of off-site backups, which is risky. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT Atid/2 <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
