Just one comment. When looking at DASD for mainframe, keep the following items in mind
1) How soon can the vendor implement new functions that IBM implements in IOS 2) What feature(s) are you using today that are not available for some period of time from the vendor? 3) What issues will the vendor share with their product? FICON, IOS, etc.... bugs, challenges they have seen with implementation 4) What are the maintenance contracts like between IBM and what this vendor offers? Is the maintenance included in the purchase? Does it increase during extension? 5) What kind of support is provided by the vendor? 24x7x365? Close to your shop or far away? How many CEs are close to your location? 6) How close does the dasd unit need to be to the mainframe? 7) Cost to add/remove storage components. 8) When does the DASD unit need to be totally offline for maintenance? Or is it dynamic updates? Basically hardware is hardware. What your mission critical apps need should drive the hardware solution. If it is not critical, then probably a good vendor. If you need something with a high level of deliverables, maybe not. So, see if there is a list on the internet for the product or vendor. Probably there will be chatter if some shops are using it. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of R.S. > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 10:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: New DASD for mainframe > > I just learnt there is new DASD (disk system) provider for mainframe. > It's INFINIDAT. From the sales pitch it looks very promising. > The architecture is similar to XIV and the designer is the same person: > Moshe Yanai. > The difference is Infinidat support FICON connectivity and all "must have" > features like HyperPAV, remote copy (PPRC), PiT copy (flashcopy), EAV, etc. > > Question:is there anyone who want to share user experience of the DASD? > Offlist opinions are welcome. > > > Disclaimer: This is not an advertisement, I don't sell it, I have to > relationship to any partner of the company. > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
