On Fri, 11 May 2007 14:23:45 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >On Fri, 11 May 2007 12:17:14 -0700, Gibney, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>CA - F when we achieve our "tapeless" goal, we're stuck on a limb. >> > >Your tapeless goal doesn't include any form of virtual tape? > >You won't volume backup any dasd - not even for recovery? Or will >you do so to other dasd and only keep one (or a very minimal number) >version. What about applications that want or need (perhaps for regulatory >purposes) a backup copy of data every day and need to keep xxx days >or months or years worth? Sounds like you'll need *a lot* of DASD.
I agree. While (IMHO) tape no longer has a cost advantage over DASD,it is still necessary for backup. And, BTW, I'm still not convinced that virtual tape is a good solution for backups. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
