Tape offload from disk array is not enough IMHO.
The goal is not just to expand storage capacity.
More important is the ability to export set of tapes containing
user-defined set of data - that means user defined set of virtual
volumes. Managed from single panel.
I can write a bunch of virtual tapes on some virtual tape solution. It
may be XYZ to not mention any real product. I attached my XYZ box to any
NFS attached disk array. Then I attached NFS array to tape library.
Then... what can I offload to the tape? Files? Which one? Is it documented?
Lets' assume I recognized XYZ file structure and I really offloaded
proper set of files to the tapes. Then removed tapes from the ATL.
Then moved them to another datacenter. Entered tapes into tape library.
The library is attached another NFS array, attached to another XYZ product.
Question: does the secondary XYZ recognize the content from my tapes as
a set of virtual tapes?
I strongly doubt.
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
W dniu 01.02.2025 o 02:02, Russell Witt pisze:
Actually, most/many of the generic distributed storage devices (NetApp for
example) allow for physical tape to be attached to it. So, if you write your
virtual-tape to some generic storage device - the ability to have a tape copy
created is available to you. I know that Luminex, Optica and Broadcom Vtape all
allow for the writing of Virtual-Tape to any generic storage device you may
already have in-use in your data center. Then, simply attach any LTO tape
library to the NetApp device and you have exportable physical tape backups that
can be sent off-site for air-gap storage requirements.
Russell Witt
CA 1 Flexible Storage Developer
Broadcom
russell.w...@broadcom.com
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Subject: Re: Mainframe physical tape backup
We are looking for on premises and ejectable tape solution
On Mon, 27 Jan 2025, 11:23 Tomer Zelberzvig,
<0000059ecf7fe8fe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
Hello Peter,
I'm not sure about your exact use case, but you can use BMC AMI Cloud
with our Cloud Data Sets feature to send your tape data directly to
cloud object storage.
If you choose the public cloud option, then the storage is already
external to your site and should meet whatever you're looking for.
Furthermore, object storage enables you to create immutable buckets
where you output your data.
More information can be found here:
https://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/bmc-ami-cloud.html
https://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/bmc-ami-cloud-data.html
Feel free to reach out if you'd like some more information.
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