For Mainframe it is IBM and STK (Oracle) for both real and virtual
tape products, these two are the market leaders in both areas. For MF
virtual you can also look to Bus-Tech , EMC (Bus-Tech like) and Luminex.
These can be good choices for a shop with little to no real tape behind the
Virtual sub-systems. Both IBM and STK have spent years working on ways to
replicate Virtual tape systems and to support real tape behind such systems.
They even have utilities to restore a Virtual volume from a real tape
cartridge without a VSM system.
Tape Drives from IBM are the 3592 and from STK the 10000 and the
9840D (the STK drives are available for Open systems also, unsure of the
IBM).
Tape Libraries from both IBM and STK can connect to both open and MF
(even at the same time) you would have some FC or SCSI drives for open and
Ficon (maybe even Escon) for MF. When doing this you will need to decide how
robot control is managed, both give you options.
Tape drives for Open Systems generally are LTO-5 (5th generation)
now IBM HP or Quantum. While there may be others I do not know what they
are. There are numerous Virtual tape systems available for Open systems, but
one thing to be aware of is that they are different than the MF Virtual tape
systems (this is generally because of the differences in how tape is used in
the 2 worlds).
In summary your answer is IBM or STK (Oracle)
Carl Swanson
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
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Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 2:42 PM
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Subject: Who are the TOP Mainframe Tapesubsystems Vendors?
Hello all,
As the storage landscape has changes over the years. I find myself
struggling to put together competitive acquisitions.
I'm simply talking about a library with 3592 type drives and maybe LTO
support for the Open Systems side.
There IBM.
Who else?
Kevin
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