We have been using the Visara 8810 for almost a year, and it has been a reliable, cost effective, rack mounted solution for our older z890 running VM and VSE. It has a small footprint, and is faster than what our old z890 channels can handle, so it is limited only by our CPU.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Shorkend Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 8:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: In-rack FICON DASD Check out IBM's DS8882F. On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 at 17:56, Ken Bloom <[email protected]> wrote: > Check out the Visara vi-8810 DASD, 2U high, SSD dasd. I can give you > more info offline. > > Regards > Ken > > Kenneth A. Bloom > CEO > Avenir Technologies Inc > /d/b/a Visara International > 203-984-2235 > [email protected] > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.visara.com&c=E > ,1,c1RJve6w5qylHKFFZbk-1h0Nt1xjCkxMEMwHaCeWaFRUczvytiQme5hvswcgtmv81CF > a5TGZpT9rz1_qX9tSn5pRKFdG0yHcVMwsNRiPXznJ&typo=1 > > > > On Apr 14, 2019, at 10:42 AM, Christian Svensson < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > With the z14 ZR1's 16U reserved 19" space option available I'm > > curious if anyone has figured out a way to fit everything one needs in one > > rack? > > Adding two switches, and a conventional SAN is a no-brainer with > > space to spare - but what would you pick for FICON EKCD for supporting z/OS > > load? > > > > An old DS6800 would work but what if you want something that is a > > bit > newer > > and not EOL? > > > > Imagine this rack is for development purposes or something that is > > not mission critical, where the space (and power) is more of a premium. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO > > IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Mike Shorkend [email protected] https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.shorkend.com&c=E,1,w5UTp-OTVhMERCltq0wkfUSgfC5cJFaBMaYh3CJqCaCpUdGmOCETllsy2ZfGGHngC5tWSkiHPi1iQIjENro13yqXAfOg6V_VSyyT0KtbtTmBp_hfPQ,,&typo=1 Tel: +972524208743 Fax: +97239772196 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
