Re: Thoughts on this design for two Power servers across two data centers

[Laurence Chiu <lchiu7@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 2:06 AM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We are using Dell EMC DD2500's.  We use for both VTL for IBM i and for
> another product.  This other product was formerly known as IBM Tivoli
> Storage Manager but is now known as IBM Spectrum Protect.  We are running
> the AIX version.  We converted from the Linux version some time ago.  This
> backs up all of our files from Windows PC's and servers.  And the AIX is
> ran on one of our Power systems which also hosts a few lpars of IBM i.
>
> Interesting thing was that before we were using any DC's that were in
> dedicated co-location facilities we were having our local DD2500 replicate
> to a DD2500 in one of those colo's.  It was run as a service by the  colo
> Rob Berendt


OK that might have been one of the choices that was offered

> Ask your application software vendor(s) where they store their keys and
how do they handle high availability with respect to the keys.  Ensure that
your solution addresses that.

That's a good idea, Will ask them.


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