I worked for StorageTek and I liked the SL8500 - Flexible and Saleable
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Friday, January 24, 2025 12:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] RES: Mainframe physical tape backup We do similar with IBM TS devices. Push data to virtual tape on TS7770, it passes thru to a pair of tapes in a TS4500. These tapes can be taken offsite at will, but can't be read directly by the z, they need to restore to another TS77xx box to be accessible to the z. All encrypted. All compressed as well, no dedup happening. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bodra - Pessoal Sent: Friday, January 24, 2025 12:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] RES: Mainframe physical tape backup Peter, IBM TS4500 won´t attach to any Z systems. It can have a lot of TS1170 (aka 3592-EH8) inside, but just for TS7770/80 data destage from Hydra. IBM stopped to produce tape controller with 3592-C07 some years ago. Since this, mainframe data is available in physical cartridge passthru TS7770/80. This was a marketing/sales orientation to force customers to buy tapes (TS4500 and Tape drives (3592-EH8) and storage (TS7770/80) if you want data stored in tape cartridge. Since we use Luminex MVTe solution, we mapped disk storage (via FC) to our backup server and uses LTO7 to backup array, then sent to offsite storage. Data inside array is compressed and eventually cryptographed (optional feature), not usable directly by mainframe since we need to restore array to access data via Luminex MVTe. This is a solution for a catastrophic event in Data Center. Maybe this can work for you. Carlos Bodra IBM zEnterprise Certified São Paulo – SP – Brazil -----Mensagem original----- De: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Em nome de Peter Enviada em: sexta-feira, 24 de janeiro de 2025 12:41 Para: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Assunto: Mainframe physical tape backup Hello My organization has asked me to explore about the vendors who are still providing external physical tape backup. How many companies are there who are making physical tape Solutions and I would like to discuss with them. Any pointers would be appreciated. Regards Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
