Hi Dean For what you are looking for the Visara VI-5990 would fit the bill.
Ken Kenneth A. Bloom Avenir Technologies Inc /d/b/a Visara International 203-984-2235 [email protected] www.visara.com > On Jan 26, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Russell Witt > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dean, > > I have to agree with Ken, have you actually looked at small replicated > Virtual-Tape solutions on a price point? You say "The C07 is the > controller..." - indicating you might only have one (or a second one for > backup); which would then mean you probably only have 8 to 16 drives. While > the cost of a 256-drive IBM TS7700 might seem out-of-reach; there are smaller > options that add replication. Both Luminex and Optica come to mind, and I > believe there are others as well. You don't have to up to an EMC DLM or an > IBM TS7700; you can aim much smaller with replication. That would cut your DR > time down to "how long to restore my backups" instead of "how long to ship my > tapes". > > Price it out yourself. > > Russell Witt > CA 1 Architect > Broadcom > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Nai, Dean > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 2:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: 3592-E07 > > We have a 3592-E07 and our leasing company is telling us the following. > Anyone have any thoughts? We really don’t have the funding for a mirrored VTS > and if it’s not mirrored then we lose our DR plan. > > > From leasing company. > The first item to be withdrawn from service will be the 3592-C07 at the end > of 2020. The C07 is the controller for the tape drives and is required for > z/OS or z/VM to communicate with the 3592-E07 drives. > > IBM has no direct attach tape products for z/OS, z/VM or zVSE. The best > option is to go with a VTS and locate a 2nd VTS at your DR site with > replication between the two sites. There is also the option to have an IBM > VTS with access to tape drives in a 3584 and then send those tapes offsite. > To be able to use those tapes for DR you would need another IBM VTS at you DR > location. > > > Dean Nai > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
