Re: EMC DLm8000 and synchronous update

2013-09-19 Thread Mark Zelden
The DLm8000s use VMAX for the back end storage, so the replication is SRDF. I believe the maximum distance for SRDF/S is 200km. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:m...@mzelden.com ITIL v3 Foundation Certified

EMC DLm8000 and synchronous update

2013-09-18 Thread Lizette Koehler
So, I have been asked to review the EMC DLm8000 and how its synchronous replication for 200km, replication works for the mainframe. I would think if your primary and secondary sites are greater than 200Km it would have to be asynchronous. Does anyone current have this in their shop and wish to

Re: EMC DLm8000 and synchronous update

2013-09-18 Thread Peter Bishop
We have a client here replicating between DLm6000s less than 200km apart and it's asynch. Works well. I'd agree that 200km would probably be asynch for a production workload. Don't know about DLm8000s but I suspect they're similar to DLm6000s. cheers Peter On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:55:54