Obviously price and performance. Some other criteria I look at are: Floor space/size/environmentals Ease of configuration/reconfiguration How much flexibility do I have in doing configuration versus relying on the vendor to do it (at a prior job I got burned a couple times by needing to go back to the vendor to reconfigure some storage and their turnaround time was close to a week. What is included with the base hardware versus what is optional. I'm thinking things like instant copy, immutable data, things like that. Flash or spinning disk - does it matter to you? This is obviously performance driven. In our case, our primary disk is all flash but our VTS has spinning disk in it. We want better performance out of primary than from virtual tape.
Just some thoughts... Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 3:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Storage Solution selection Criteria Hello, I Must confess that I am not a Storage expert. In our organization we are working on procuring a new storage box solution. I have been asked to study and give an opinion on which solution would be perfect for our mainframe environment. Could someone give me your advise based on your experience. When selecting a new storage solution what are the important points that needs to be looked into the vendors proposal ? Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
