Yup, those are the things I'm looking to identfy - what kinda things should one address before saying goodbye to tapes altogether (tapes/vtapes).
- KB ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Sunday, July 5, 2020 8:33 PM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > If you have DASD that are as cost effective as tape, have off site mirroring > and have software to keep track of and retrieve old versions, then you don't > need tape. If you go that way, it's crucial to have all of your ducks in a > row before you start changing things. Take a close look at what you're using > your current backup software for and ensure that any replacement has the > necessary functionality. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of > kekronbekron [[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2020 8:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Storage & tape question > > Hello List, > > Just wondering ... assuming there's a primary storage product out there that > can store how-many-ever hoo-haa-bytes, and is a good product in general, it > should make sense to begin eliminating all tape (3490/3590) use right? > First, ML1 & ML2 in HSM, then HSM itself, then rebuild jobs to write to disk, > or do SMS/ACS updates to make it all disk reads/writes. > > Looking at the current storage solutions out there, this is possible, right? > What would be the drawbacks (assume that primary storage is super > cost-efficient, so there's no need to archive anything). > > - KB > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
