Re: Archiving open systems data on WORM via MF

2008-04-03 Thread Natasa Savinc
Thank you, all! Timothy, I am impressed, almost everything you said in your introduction is true. I am still ‘digesting’ your options (didn’t have much time, had some problems with JES2). Just wanted to thank you for such an elaborate answer. I am considering options 1b and 2b, although we

Re: Archiving open systems data on WORM via MF

2008-04-02 Thread Timothy Sipples
Natasa, If I understand correctly, you have data -- let's call them files -- residing on distributed Windows, UNIX, and/or Linux servers. You also have mainframe-attached tape drives with WORM tape cartridges available, for example IBM TS1120 tape drives with 3592 WORM cartridges. It's likely

Archiving open systems data on WORM via MF

2008-04-01 Thread Natasa Savinc
Hello! I am trying to find the best way to archive open systems data on WORM tapes, if possible without buying TSM. Some of our OS data is consolidated on Symmetrix, but most of it is distributed on various servers. The objective here is to be able to fill the WORM tape and to be able to

Re: Archiving open systems data on WORM via MF

2008-04-01 Thread shai hess
WORM TAPES MFNetDisk emulates 3390 disk with data in disk storage connected to PC (example: hard disk). MFNetDisk emulated disks are good candidate to replace tapes as a cheaper and unlimited size and reliable storage media. Any 3390 disk (mirror) can be changed to READONLY and by that to be

Re: Archiving open systems data on WORM via MF

2008-04-01 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 4/1/2008 3:10:52 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The objective here is to be able to fill the WORM tape and to be able to retrieve data if needed, of course. And to keep it as simple as possible. If someone is doing this, or has some hints and