Shmuel Metz wrote: >Remote copy is fine for, e.g., hot backups, but when you need to >retain old versions of your data back a long stretch of time, tape >is still an inexpensive solution. I suspect that there will >eventually be a solid state storage medium with the cost per byte >of tape, but we aren't there yet.
Also, WORM (Write Once, Read Many) tape is still often important for immutable data retention situations. Some regulators explicitly require WORM tape and do not currently accept possible alternative approaches. - - - - - - - - - - Timothy Sipples I.T. Architect Executive Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions IBM Z & LinuxONE - - - - - - - - - - E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
