Gartner once said that iSCSI would be the dominant way of connecting to
storage by 2001.
FC is going away as fast as tape drives are.

Andy Huebner
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Schneider, John
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 3:14 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] iscsi world as it relates to TSM world

Howard,
        Thanks for your input.  Our very vocal proponent of iscsi is
probably getting his information from a Gartner-wannabe trade rag that
is being sponsored by iscsi vendors.  He is from our Network group, and
has never been responsible for a storage environment himself.  By
unfortunately, management tends to listen to people that speak with a
tone of authority, even when they are just parroting someone else.
        But since I am not an authority either, it seemed like a good
idea to ask ADSM-L for advice.


Best Regards,

John D. Schneider 
Phone: 314-364-3150 
Cell: 314-486-2359 
Email:  John.Schneider AT Mercy DOT net 


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Howard Coles
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:43 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] iscsi world as it relates to TSM world

I think someone is pulling a fast one on you.  Most likely this is
caused by sales people of iscsi equipment.  However, FC is still faster,
and more reliable.  The only reason it would go away is if your managers
and CIO decided to do away with it.  From what I've seen out of Brocade,
they'd be surprised to hear this.

See Ya'
Howard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of Schneider, John
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:20 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] iscsi world as it relates to TSM world
> 
> Greetings,
>     There are a couple people at our company that contend that FC is
> going away, and in a very short time everything will be iscsi.  I am
> afraid I am completely ignorant about iscsi as it relates to tape
> traffic.  My questions are:
> 
> 1) Can anybody tell me what is going on in the iscsi world around
tape?
> 
> 2) Are there iscsi software/hardware solutions for Windows and AIX (or
> TSM platforms) attached tape?
> 3) Are there tape drives/libraries with native iscsi support, or are
> converters necessary?
> 4) Have any of you converted from a SCSI or FC tape environment to
> iscsi?  If so, what were the gotchas?
> 
> Thanks in advance for the input.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> John D. Schneider
> Lead Systems Administrator - Storage
> Sisters of Mercy Health Systems
> 3637 South Geyer Road
> St. Louis, MO  63127
> Phone: 314-364-3150
> Cell: 314-486-2359
> Email:  John.Schneider AT Mercy DOT net
> 
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