According to an IBM document this are the FTP sites:

index.storsys.ibm.com (inside the U.S.)
ftp.cac.pu.edu (Mirror-Pennsylvania)
ftp.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Mirror-Germany)
ftp.wu-wien.ac.at (Mirror-Australia)

And the web site:
http://www.storage.ibm.com/storage/software/adsm/adsmhome.htm


On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Pittson, Timothy ,Corp,US wrote:

> There are a couple of mirror sites -  Perhaps a blurb should be added to
> index.storsys.ibm.com (or the 'maximum sessions exceeded....' message)
> to indicate what mirror sites are available ???  Here are the mirror
> sites I know about... there might be more
>
> ftp.cac.psu.edu   (East Coast USA)
> ftp.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de  (Europe)
>
>
> Tim Pittson
> tpittson AT himail.hcc DOT com
>
> >----------
> >From:  Richard Sims[SMTP:rbs AT ACS.BU DOT EDU]
> >Sent:  Wednesday, June 19, 1996 10:01 AM
> >To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
> >Subject:       IBM: FTP site upgrades needed
> >
> >IBM - ADSM customers need some improvements in the ADSM FTP site...
> >
> >1. First and foremost, when you emplace a "fixes" file, please compress
> >it!
> >   The AIX 3.2 client fixes file, for example
> >(aix32.v2r1m3.IP20800.smit)
> >   is 36 MB (!) in size.  Given the paltry speed of the storsys
> >Internet
> >   connection, it took a horrendous 23 HOURS to transmit that sucker.
> >   File compression would have rendered that less painful and
> >vulnerable
> >   to interruption, given the time exposure.
> >
> >2. Please pass on to IBM management that the storsys FTP site is
> >woefully
> >   underconfigured...
> >    - It lacks overall capacity, such that customers needing
> >information
> >      and fixes often find that they can't get in, encountering the
> >      all-too-familiar message:
> >       The maximum ftp sessions has been exceeded on
> >index.storsys.ibm.com!
> >    - The speed of your Internet connection appears to be far too low
> >to
> >      begin serving the volume of data which that site has to serve.
> >      Customers running enterprises can't afford to wait 23 hours to
> >get
> >      a download of fixes when things are failing around them.
> >   Suffice to say that ADSTAR management has to start taking this FTP
> >site
> >   seriously and finally commit the resources commensurate with
> >providing
> >   the level of service that is required.  Customers are disappointed
> >that
> >   ADSTAR hasn't been proactive in dealing with this situation.
> >
> >                      Richard Sims, Boston University OIT
> >
>

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