At 11:42 AM 9/8/2008 -0400, Edward M. Martin wrote:
What are the tape alternatives? Please correct me on what I am
starting to look at.
IBM 3590 costs and cartridge replacements (retired system?)
VSSI VTAPE disk costs and lack of easy D/R.
IBM VTL system Virtualized Tape systems
EMC DISK LIBRARY Replacement for Carts D/R questions.
Used 3590s are probably easy to find and not too expensive. At my
last VM shop, five years ago, we were able to buy two drives used
despite having almost no capital budget, so they must have been
low-priced by then on the used market. (There's more than one
generation of 3590; I think; these surely were the earliest models we
had, B11s.)
If you have legal requirements about encrypting tapes you send
off-site for DR, you may want to look at 3592s with built in
encryption. They might not fit within your nominal budget, but the
built-in encryption might make a business case for them. (I speak
from theoretical knowledge, not practical experience. Sorry.)
Hope this helps,
Nick
