I think someone is pulling a fast one on you. Most likely this is caused by sales people of iscsi equipment. However, FC is still faster, and more reliable. The only reason it would go away is if your managers and CIO decided to do away with it. From what I've seen out of Brocade, they'd be surprised to hear this.
See Ya' Howard > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Schneider, John > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:20 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] iscsi world as it relates to TSM world > > Greetings, > There are a couple people at our company that contend that FC is > going away, and in a very short time everything will be iscsi. I am > afraid I am completely ignorant about iscsi as it relates to tape > traffic. My questions are: > > 1) Can anybody tell me what is going on in the iscsi world around tape? > > 2) Are there iscsi software/hardware solutions for Windows and AIX (or > TSM platforms) attached tape? > 3) Are there tape drives/libraries with native iscsi support, or are > converters necessary? > 4) Have any of you converted from a SCSI or FC tape environment to > iscsi? If so, what were the gotchas? > > Thanks in advance for the input. > > Best Regards, > > John D. Schneider > Lead Systems Administrator - Storage > Sisters of Mercy Health Systems > 3637 South Geyer Road > St. Louis, MO 63127 > Phone: 314-364-3150 > Cell: 314-486-2359 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > This e-mail contains information which (a) may be PROPRIETARY IN NATURE > OR > OTHERWISE PROTECTED BY LAW FROM DISCLOSURE, and (b) is intended only > for the > use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the addressee, or > the > person responsible for delivering this to the addressee(s), you are > notified > that reading, copying or distributing this e-mail is prohibited. If you > have > received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately.
