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Re: [ADSM-L] Alternatives to TSM

2009-02-24 14:13:17
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Alternatives to TSM
From: Howard Coles <Howard.Coles AT ARDENTHEALTH DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:06:11 -0600
Look at Avamar from EMC.  I don't know how expensive it is, and it'll
take a re-architecting of your Storage (from tape to Disk), but it's one
of many.

See Ya'
Howard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of Conway, Timothy
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:31 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Alternatives to TSM
> 
> IBM just doubled our maintenance, so we're getting rid of TSM
wholesale
> and rearchitecting all pending IBM purchases for other platforms.
> I had made and won the case for keeping it as our solution despite the
> expense, at the level we were at through 2007, but there's no
> discussion
> for this change.  I can't show an instantaneous doubling of the value
> derived.  An economic downturn is not the time to try to double your
> margin on an existing product and customer base.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Tim Conway
> Unix sysadmin, TSM admin
> Swift & Company
> 9705067998
> timothy.conway AT jbssa DOT com
> 

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