Re: Physical Tape Alternatives? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Physical Tape Alternatives?
From: Kevin Monceaux <Kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 11:11:40 -0600
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 09:41:54PM -0500, DrFranken wrote:

To be clear I didn't recommend against this specific product. I
recommend that your recovery procedure needs to not require FTPing
objects around the world after rebuilding your system from DVDs.

When I mentioned FTP I was thinking of creating an FTP resource via
CRTFPRICC pointing to a local FTP server. We don't have enough free disk
space on any of our guest LPARs for a full backup to virtual tape, so I was
thinking a local FTP server resource would allow us to offload virtual tape
images as the backups were running at local LAN speed.

With disk space limitations, etc., it still sounds like a VTL would be a
better option. I already have a quote from Cybernetics and will probably
have a quote from LaserVault in the near future.

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Re: Physical Tape Alternatives? , Holger Scherer

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