Colin Paice wrote: >Thank you - that answers the problem I was having. Does lack of >information mean it cannot be done - or it is just not documented. In this >case it means, it cannot be done.
Well, don't be so hasty.... :-) Here's another possible route as an example: 1. At least some Synology NAS devices support on board installation of MinIO. MinIO provides support for the "S3" cloud object storage protocol. Here are some sample instructions on how to do that for a particular Synology model: https://jonaharagon.me/installing-minio-on-synology-diskstation-4823caf600c3 2. Get IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm, IBM Program Number 5698-AAD. (Also included as part of IBM Program Number 5698-AAJ if you prefer to get it that way.) This software product equips z/OS DFSMShsm with the ability to use a ML3-like tier that consists of Amazon S3 or IBM Cloud Object Storage. Thus it should be able to use your MinIO-equipped Synology NAS device as a ML3-like storage tier. (Insert usual disclaimers here.) Encryption recommended, both for the S3 network connection and the data itself (z/OS Data Set Encryption as a notable example). If Step 1 isn't available on your particular Synology device then you could insert a small MinIO or IBM Spectrum Scale (another good example) server in the loop running somewhere else. That *could* be a really, really lightweight server such as a Raspberry Pi or similar. You just need a S3 or IBM Cloud Object Storage compatible server "in the loop" somewhere. Perhaps it could run in the z/OS Container Extensions (zCX). - - - - - - - - - - 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
