Hi Ed-? ?I really like the TS1120's, and your cart count would go way down. ?(The midrange carts can hold about a Terabyte, with encryption.)?
?What I am looking at right now is a VTL (EMC and IBM) that is fronts for a pair of TS1120's. ?Looks like a great fit here.? -Paul ? -----Original Message----- From: Edward M. Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 8, 2008 10:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Alternatives to 3490E HelloEveryone, ? ???? Ihave been listening to the various cartridge situations.? VTAPE, D/R, andthe like. ? ???? Weare on 3490E right now with 4 VSE/ESA, 1 zVSE, and 1 zVM systems. ? ???? Weuse EPIC on the VSE side and manually manage the tapes on the zVM side(D/R tapeusage only). ??? On the VSE side there are the following inthe EPIC system. ? TOTAL ACTIVE TAPES??? 7001? TOTAL SCRATCHTAPES???? 901 TOTAL NUMBER OFTAPES????????????7902????????????????? TOTAL NUMBER OF DATA SET ENTRIES? 1066?? ? ??? We do? some vary minor outside tapeprocessing. ? What are the tape alternatives?? Please correct me onwhat I am starting to look at. ? IBM 3590 ????????? costsand cartridge replacements ?(retired system?) VSSI VTAPE???????? diskcosts and lack of easy D/R. IBM VTL system???? Virtualized Tapesystems EMC DISK LIBRARY ? Replacement for Carts ?D/Rquestions. ? Other possible solutions.?? ???? ???? ??? ?????????????? ? Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-588-4723 ext 40441 ?
