I think we did that at one place I worked in the ME. There were TEST and PROD LPARs in the main centre, but there were other TEST and DR LPARs located a few hundred kliks at our secondary data centre.
Generally, I don't think you have to have that much separation for pure TEST/PROD, but I think it's vital to have DR several hundred miles apart (I like the 1000 mile sep) and then using the DR site for TEST LPAR processing that supports the main site (leaving more room for PROD processing on the main iron). If you're logon is too slow, is it your system or is it your home service? I've got a cable modem with 30 meg/sec and logons to remote sites on either coast is pretty darn good! I use GoToMyPC for some sites, but even on the "regular" ones I've never had a problem. If you've got DSL, that might be the problem. Either that, or your front-end at the office is configured in such a manner that you have to go through a zillion hoops to authenticate. Hope this helps. Many thanks. Doc Farmer Senior Security Specialist InfoSec, Inc. http://www.InfoSecInc.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/DocFarmer http://tinyurl.com/2t6bwd (Click to Connect) On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:33:29 -0600, Frank Swarbrick <frank.swarbr...@efirstbank.com> wrote: >The whole combined versus separate TEST and PROD LPARs was interesting. I can't imagine not having them separate (with shared DASD for at least the load libraries), but then it's just what I'm used to. > >So here's a question... Anyone out there have DEV/TEST not only in a separate LPAR, or even a separate machine, but in a separate data center? We have our primary data center in Lakewood, CO (near Denver) and our "alternate data center" (DR site) in Scottsdale, AZ. So about 1000 miles apart. Management has the idea that we should move the applications development LPAR to the ADC. As an applications developer this makes me more than a bit nervous. Does anyone do this? Is a GDPS essentially required to make this workable? We currently do DASD replication to our ADC using DS8100s. > >One other thing I'm concerned about is TN3270 response time. I feel that logging on to work from home is too slow, and I only live 8 miles away. > >Thanks, >Frank > > >>>> > >The information contained in this electronic communication and any document attached hereto or transmitted herewith is confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any examination, use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e- mail and destroy this communication. Thank you. > >-- > >Frank Swarbrick >Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development >FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO USA >P: 303-235-1403 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
