Something interesting came my way. I'm not sure just how it might be used with Linux/390 in the mix, but it seems to me that it should be useful to large companies with significant regulatory requirements for recoverability and security.
To quote from the beginning of the web page: "Cleversafe Dispersed Storage OVERVIEW The Dispersed Storage Project is the central point of development and idea exchange for developers around the world to contribute to innovative storage solutions leveraging dispersed storage methodology. The project uses information dispersal algorithms IDAs to separate data into 11 unrecognizable DataSlices(tm) and distribute them, via secure Internet connections, to 11 storage locations throughout the world, creating a storage grid. With dispersed storage, transmission and storage of data is inherently private and secure. No single entire copy of the data is in one location, and only 6 out of the 11 nodes need to be available in order to perfectly retrieve the data. Data on the grid remains private and secure in the face of natural catastrophes, or failures of hardware, connection, facility, or IT management. Moreover, the individual data slices do not carry enough information for an unauthorized viewer to determine the original content." http://www.cleversafe.org/wiki/Cleversafe_Dispersed_Storage Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
