We're specing something like this out now.  300 mile distance, using FCIP.

At 03:53 PM 2/10/2006, David E Ehresman wrote:

We're thinking of a TSM upgrade that would include a VTL onsite library
and an IBM 3584 library for copy pool tape. We would locate the 3584 in
our offsite storage location and access it via fiber. The tapes would
remain in the 3584 since they would already be offsite.

Anyone have any experience with a setup like this?

Daivd Ehresman
University of Louisville

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