HI, Yes, if you have a lot of money then all your tape can be stored in real 3390 disks ant can be a very good option.
But if you have a lot of data which require a lot of 3390 disks and the other options are TMM, regulars tapes, other virtual tapes, you can consider to put the data in a very cheap storage which emulate 3390 disk (e.g. MFNetDisk, the data can be accessed all the time from MF) in PC storage. I only mention MFNetDisk but everyone must consider all the options using the cost, reliability and features. Thanks, Shai On 4/1/08, Ron Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shai, > > You can do that with any Virtualisation product that supports MF CKD DASD. > On top of that you need to implement TMM poliscies in SMS. > > With the hard to explain aversion to implementing SMS for anything, the > "TMM > in a can" solutions seem to be more attractive (hardware or software > driven). > > Ron > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of shai hess > > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:38 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > > Subject: [IBM-MAIN] CA ESD files Options > > > > > Or maybe one of the virtual tape vendors, or the MFNetDisk guy could > > make > > it > > > happen without a real tape. > > > > > > MFNetDisk already have the option to access any file which is > > allocated in MFNetDisk 3390 immediately. > > > > MFNetDisk can replace or can add value to any virtual tape or HSM as a > > secondary storage media or as a replacement to tapes media. > > > > So in general you can have very cheap storage (HARD DISK) which can > > emulate any 3390 size disk (all models and all size, even 100 > > cylinders is OK ) which can replace any tapes or virtual tape storage > > and can be online to the MF anytime amd all the time. > > > > Thanks, > > Shai > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
