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Re: [ADSM-L] iscsi world as it relates to TSM world

2008-07-10 19:05:34
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] iscsi world as it relates to TSM world
From: Wanda Prather <wprather AT JASI DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:04:14 -0400
Death to free magazines!

On 7/10/08, Andy Huebner <Andy.Huebner AT alconlabs DOT com> wrote:
>
> 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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