STOP-X37 was originally from Empact Software in Georgia. They sold it to Boole and Babbage, now part of BMC. It does not do allocation...that is Mainview SRM, IIRC. SAMS:Allocate was originally from Sterling Software prior to their acquisition by CA in 2000. It was incorporated in to CA's BrightStor brand of storage management-related products.
In 1994, STOPX-37's original developers decided to reenter this market with a new company called DTS Software and their software is called SRS, a very good product. History lesson over. At varying points in my career, I've used all of them (and more). Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: QUESTION ABOUT STOPX-37 - MAINVIEW SRM >StopX37 is NOT CA-Allocate. >Two different vendors. >Please post facts, not >postulates. If I recall correctly, CA-Allocate was part of BrightStor(e), and called SAMS-Allocate. STOPx37 is a much older product, and, prior to CA acquiring BrightStor(e) a much more expensive product. I worked with STOPx in the 1980's; and CA (still called) SAMS in the early 2000's. Except for cost, and a few implementation details, I didn't find many differences in effectiveness. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
