ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Database move

2007-11-08 12:26:32
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Database move
From: Thomas Denier <Thomas.Denier AT JEFFERSONHOSPITAL DOT ORG>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:25:56 -0500
-----Paul Zarnowski wrote: -----

>Your avenue is export / import. Not pretty if you have a lot of
>data.  And I'm talking about the data, not just the database.
>As I believe more people will be interested in switching server
>platforms as time goes by, I would really like to see IBM provide
>some better migration tools for helping sites transition from one
>server platform to another. TSM is a high-end solution, and needs
>better tools in this area (IMHO).

I work for a hospital. We are required to retain some clinical
records for as long as 25 years (a former pediatric patient gets a
seven year window after his or her eighteenth birthday to decide
whether to sue the hospital). We are required to maintain
information on employee health for the lifetime of the employee.
We can't realistically commit to staying with our current server
platform for decades to come, and the prospect of exporting and
importing would get increasing daunting as long-lived archives
accumulated. We are currently looking at options for long-term
archiving of digital data, and the poor support for platformchanges is a
major point against using TSM.

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