There is also IBM's CTC (Cloud Tape Connection) product. It used to have a different name until last year, but it also is meant to replace real and virtual tapes (in this case with the cloud)
On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 15:21:21 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka <[email protected]> wrote: >I remember what EMC sales guy said when they offered DLm. It was not >long after Bustech was bought. >They claimed it is just Bustech device, however due to EMC interest it >support EMC disk at backend, no tapes, no other vendors disks. >Disclaimers: I'm neither follower nor opponent of EMC or Bustech people. >I have no way to check what part of DLm have roots from Bustech. > >However it would make no sense to buy the product (company) just to >issue another product, so I read EMC sales guys words as reasonable. > > >BTW: What about Sutmyn VTAPE aka CA-VTAPE? Is is still marketed? >Personally I did not like it because it tool CPU cycles and expensive >CKD DASD, however I heard it was somehow enhanced to support IP-attached >NAS for destaging. > >-- >Radoslaw Skorupka >(looking for new job) >Lodz, Poland > > > >W dniu 05.03.2021 o 13:52, Ken Bloom pisze: >> That’s not true! EMC purchased BUSTECH and killed their product. DLm is an >> internal EMC development and had nothing to do with the BUSTECH products. >> >> Kenneth A. Bloom >> CEO >> Avenir Technologies Inc >> /d/b/a Visara International >> 203-984-2235<tel:203-984-2235> >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> www.visara.com<http://www.visara.com/> >> >> >> On Mar 5, 2021, at 7:48 AM, Carl Swanson >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Just a small point of clarification BUSTECH was purchased by EMC in the >> 2010 / 2011 time frame and from that come the DLm. >> >> Carl Swanson >> Mobile:215.688.1459 >> Email: [email protected] >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Brian Westerman >> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:30 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: RES: Tape solutions for mainframe >> >> The "former BUSTECH" is also claimed by OPTICA (the people who make >> converters and directors), for their z/VT product. It's a lot closer to the >> original BUSTECH than DLm, but they could both be based on the same >> technology. >> >> Brian >> >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
