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

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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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