ADSM-L

Re: Version 1 - how long?

1997-04-04 20:53:13
Subject: Re: Version 1 - how long?
From: Rusty Byrne <rbyrne AT MNSINC DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 20:53:13 -0500
        Rick, I was just working with IBM on a problem concerning a V1 server.
They advised me that I just made it under the wire and support for V1 ended
31 March.  We were already in the process of upgrading our servers to V2 so
hopefully we won't have any more problems with the V1 servers.



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> From: Rick Tsujimoto <rtsujimoto AT CUSA.CANON DOT COM>
> From: Rick Tsujimoto <rtsujimoto AT CUSA.CANON DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Version 1 - how long?
> Date: Friday, April 04, 1997 11:35 AM
>
>      I've deferred implementing V2 for some time now, mostly due to other
>      pressing matters.  But, I also can't find a big justification to
spend
>      time on it right now since it works just fine.  As for DRM, the cost
>      is a major deterrence and I'm still not sure how useful it would be
>      since we backup directly to tape.  If the tapes are lost, restoring
>      the server won't do me much good. Unless all backup tapes and the
data
>      base get copied at the same time, I don't see how (albeit in the
worse
>      case) we could recover if the data center burned down.  Considering
>      that we have 800+ tapes in our robot just for ADSM, copying them
would
>      not be practical.  I'm sure some of you would disagree and I welcome
>      any comments.  But, if IBM drops support of V1, then I would
probably
>      implement V2 for support reasons alone.  Any rumors to V1's death?
>
>
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>      TIA
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