I also liked SL8500.
I implemented it.
It was the first Storagetek (actually Sun already) and the largest tape
installation in Poland and ...last installation of STK tape storage for
mainframe and distributed systems.
I supported several upgrades and that's all.
--
Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
W dniu 24.01.2025 o 19:57, Steve Beaver pisze:
I worked for StorageTek and I liked the SL8500 - Flexible and Saleable
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Of Pommier, Rex
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2025 12:44 PM
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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
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Bodra - Pessoal
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2025 12:23 PM
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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
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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
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