We have a similar issue in our shop. The midrange area wants tapeless. the Mainframe side TAPE.
We have a VTS and ATL. We use the product DRVI to stack the VTS Tape backups to an real tape and ship it offsite for DR purposes. Tape is cheap. tape can survive years in a dusty hole and still be usable. You can encrypt it. You can send it where it needs to go when it is needed. Or you can pay a DR site to have a tapeless solution there in case you need it. You just have to figure out how much you want to pay for a disaster. The only thought I have is: If you have a tapeless solution how do you get your data to DR site should your primary site fail? Lizette > >All, > How many places have implemented tapeless backup environments? I >don't mean virtual tape that has tape on the back-end but no tape at >all. We are exploring different options and the wintel side of the house >is heading down the totally tapeless path. That makes me nervous but I'm >getting old. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
