You could have you network attached storage located anywhere you want. Obviously you have not thought this through. Moving physical tapes costs money and puts those tapes in danger every time they are touched. They can be dropped, stolen, get wet, etc.
The advent of VTS systems made all of those problems ( which are real and happen all the time), dissolve, and you would be creating them all over again. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN