ADSM-L

Re: Off-Topic: Question regarding IBM vs. EMC storage

2004-09-23 10:40:27
Subject: Re: Off-Topic: Question regarding IBM vs. EMC storage
From: Jurjen Oskam <jurjen-tsm AT STUPENDOUS DOT ORG>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:41:41 +0200
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 07:33:23AM -0500, Mike wrote:

> > For tape storage, we have an IBM 3584 library, fibre-connected but not via
> > the SAN: each drive has its own HBA in the AIX box.
>
> This is the same tape configuration we're using. Have you thought
> about moving the tape fiber to SAN and attaching from TSM that way?

Well, we thought about it, but decided it wasn't worth the trouble. :-)

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Jurjen Oskam
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