We're thinking about dasd to dasd backups to cover these issues. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 6:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Storage Philosophy Question > > On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 07:33 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: > > > Mirroring is great, but backups are still a good idea. > > I'd go even further. > Mirroring presumes the source is *always* valid - in fact > mirroring is great for propagating errors. Timely (tape) > backups are still mandatory. > If you rely on mirroring only, you'd better not get a > (shared) MCAT corruption - or any of the other critical exposures. > > Shane ... >
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