I believe that Fundi in Perth, Australia are using MFNETDISK and it has performed well for them. They are a very cluey IBM development shop.
Shame there was so little additional take-up of the product. On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Shai S <shai.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > HI, > MFNetDisk ran in production using virtual disk and tape and replication > and mirroring and many features more. > But as far as I know, MFNetDisk did not run production and big sites as > banks because it is safer to the workers to run with IBM products with bugs > and limited features than to run MFNetDisk. > MFNetDisk can share disk and tape among many hosts and in any distance. > MFNetDisk support real MF and virtual MF (Hercules and ZPDT and others). It > support Linux, Windows and more. > I know that even SNAPSHOT backup were used and tested and was remarked > positive by users. > Anyway MFNetDisk is not active anymore for now because my cost was high. > About the future of MFnetDisk...only God know. > > Thanks, > Shai > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:27 AM, גדי בן אבי <gad...@malam.com> wrote: > >> While being a good idea, MFNETDISK is nowhere ready for production work. >> >> Gadi >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike >> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 10:22 AM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: Choosing a tape library >> >> Check out MFNETDISK. >> >> www.mfnetdisk.com >> >> Shai Hess (the developer) lives in Israel. >> >> Features: >> >> MFNetDisk supports disks and tapes emulation and real 3390 disk >> replication and one second snapshot 3390 disks backup and restore. >> >> MFNETDISK introduces two modes – Replication and emulation for replicating >> any real 3390 (IBM, EMC or HDS), and emulating 3390 disks and 3490 tapes. >> >> MFNetDisk virtual tape emulates tapes the same as IBM VTS, or CA VTAPE or >> EMC DLM emulates tapes. >> >> MFNetDisk virtual disk, emulates 3390 disks the same as IBM (DSS), HDS and >> EMC (DMX) emulates disks. >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:01 AM, Scott Fagen <scottfagen...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> > גדי בן אבי said: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > I was asked to help choose a tape library for our system. >> > -- snip -- >> > >> > As mentioned by another poster, for your use, a "tapeless" solution >> might prove most scalable. You can use a something other than "shipping" >> to get your data to D/R. See <shameless-plug href= >> http://www.ca.com/us/products/detail/ca-vtape-virtual-tape-system.aspx>CA >> VTAPE</shameless-plug>. >> > >> > Scott Fagen >> > Chief Architect - Mainframe >> > CA Technologies >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send >> > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> -- >> Wayne V. Bickerdike >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email >> to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> לשימת לבך, בהתאם לנהלי החברה וזכויות החתימה בה, כל הצעה, התחייבות או מצג >> מטעם החברה, מחייבים מסמך נפרד וחתום על ידי מורשי החתימה של החברה, הנושא את >> לוגו החברה או שמה המודפס ובצירוף חותמת החברה. בהעדר מסמך כאמור (לרבות מסמך >> סרוק) המצורף להודעת דואר אלקטרוני זאת, אין לראות באמור בהודעה אלא משום >> טיוטה לדיון, >> ואין להסתמך עליה לביצוע פעולה עסקית או משפטית כלשהי. >> >> >> Please note that in accordance with Malam's signatory rights, no offer, >> agreement, concession or representation is binding on the company, >> unless accompanied by a duly signed separate document (or a scanned >> version thereof), affixed with the company's seal. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
