The DLm8000s use VMAX for the back end storage, so the replication is SRDF. I believe the maximum distance for SRDF/S is 200km.
Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:m...@mzelden.com ITIL v3 Foundation Certified Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://search390.techtarget.com/ateExperts/ On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:35:21 -0500, Peter Bishop <peter.bis...@eds.com> wrote: >We have a client here replicating between DLm6000s less than 200km apart and >it's asynch. Works well. I'd agree that 200km would probably be asynch for a >production workload. Don't know about DLm8000s but I suspect they're similar >to DLm6000s. > >cheers >Peter > >On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:55:54 -0700, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> >wrote: > >>So, I have been asked to review the EMC DLm8000 and how its synchronous >>replication for 200km, replication works for the mainframe. I would think >>if your primary and secondary sites are greater than 200Km it would have to >>be asynchronous. >> >> >>Does anyone current have this in their shop and wish to share? Or has anyone >>reviewed this hardware and come to any conclusions they wish to share. >> >>Thanks >> >>Lizette >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
