Thank you all for all the information. We're not ready to start doing the in-depth research etc. so don't think I'm ignoring you if I don't respond immediately. I'm buried in a different project now and once that is done I'll start researching this and will be reaching out for more information.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Radoslaw Skorupka Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 9:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: VTS question Virtual tapes for mainframe: IBM Visara Dell DLm 2500, 8500 (the largest IBM competitor) Interkom (AFAIK Luminex) Luminex MVT Model9 ATSM zAppliance Optica z/VT Fujitsu Eternus Hitachi (no details available) Universal Software VTA (AFAIK ESCON only) Secure agent SDS CA VTape Support for external tape library: Fujitsu Secureagent Visara IBM Notes: IBM VTS also support (much) smaller tape library with cheaper LTO drives. AFAIK it is TS4300. TS4500 is scalable starting from single cabinet footprint. IBM also support cloud storage (external or internal). NO MORE REAL TAPES. The last tape connected to mainframe without "VTS appliance" was TS1140. Oracle/Sun/StorageTek went out of business. No plans to connect LTO drives. HTH BTW: I would like to know more about real tape attachment on the backend - any input from vendors would be appreciated. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 09.05.2024 o 22:44, Pommier, Rex pisze: > Hello list, > > We currently have a very small TS7760 grid, one frame at our primary site > replicating to a secondary frame at out alternate site. The alternate site > is a TS7760T with an old single frame TS3584 with 5 3592-E08 drives hanging > off the back of it. We just found out the 3584 is out of support and the > 7760s are falling off the end of the year. We're looking at what our options > are. Obviously the easiest choice for the 7760 replacements are 7770s. I > know there are a couple competitors out there, EMC/Dell and maybe Luminex are > options for the VTS. Any others? > > More interesting to me right now is a replacement for the 3584. I know IBM > has a TS4500 library but that seems like overkill for a site our size. Is > there a "baby brother" to the 4500 or some other tape back end we could use? > I'm obviously looking in the wrong place because I'm not seeing anything > talking about hanging tape off the back end of the TS7770T. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
