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Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8:02 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: HSM ML2 on disk > > There is a thread (and yes it is Mine) on IBM MAIN Archives > https://listserv.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1408&L=IBM-MAIN&P=R53605&I=- > 3&X=FED > 837FA3AD00EC1A4&d=No+Match%3BMatch%3BMatches > > This discussion was on HSM and DASD ML2 > > One commenter provided this > > While control unit storage tiering may be considered as a replacement to HSM > processing for smaller environments, such a recommendation is an over > simplification of the need for a comprehensive ILM strategy to properly manage > data in middle-to-large environments. At the various conferences that I attend each > year, this concept was originally discussed when cu tiering was first introduced, but > after discussions, all three vendors see the value of HSM ILM and cu tiering being > used together to create a powerful solution as opposed trying to select one over > another. Each tiering technique, hardware and software, has strengths and > weaknesses. Using each technique to its strengths provides tremendous > opportunity as we move forward with managing the significant growth of data that > we are seeing. In z/OS V2R1, DFSMS introduced its initial Storage Tiering solution. > This offering lays the framework for z/OS's long term strategy to provide various > ILMs solutions so that clients can implement the ILM solution that works best for > them. An integral part of this strategy is to move away from ML1 and move toward > an L0 - Ln, ML2 solution. Tape is still clearly the best storage media for long-term > data archiving, and all three vendors will agree to that. I am currently working with > clients to move to an L0 - Ln, ML2 environment, and it is exciting to see the > opportunities that exist by integrating software and hardware tiering into a single, > powerful ILM strategy. I'm more than happy to meet with clients to discuss the > V2R1 DFSMS Storage Tiering solution and discuss the opportunities that it provides > to exploit the strengths of the two types of tiering. > > > Lizette > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > > On Behalf Of Hervey Martinez > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 7:18 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: HSM ML2 on disk > > > > Just wondering if any of you out there have converted your Mainframe's > > HSM > ML2 > > from tape to disk? If so, what are the pitfalls? A quick search of > > Google > did not yield > > much; so, just wondering if anybody has done this. > > > > Regards, > > > > Hervey > > Storage Administrator > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
