Fwd: Re: Too Much DASD

Dean requested that I forward this to the list.


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Forwarded message:
Subj:    Re: Too Much DASD
Date:    97-05-17 23:30:59 EDT
From:    DAsmussen
To:      HankHeath

Hank,

In a message dated 97-05-17 15:07:29 EDT, you write:

<<snip>>
> I've run into sites that have actually requested that not only the spooled 
> files be retained, but that they should be archived to a jukebox. The 
> argument is that these serve as a snapshot in time, and the documents serve

> both as an audit and as a customer service aid. I respectfully suggest that

> we are going to see more of the same in the future, not less - especially
as 
> we Web-enable our AS/400 "servers of choice."

Yes, but this is no substitute for a well-planned history database and the
tools with which to report on it.  Snapshots in time can be re-produced
without storing multiple copies of them.  I agree that we are going to see
more of it, but that doesn't mean that we SHOULD.  Just as the Internet
contains "jewels" and "junk", we need to make sure that we are not paying for
the storage of "junk".

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please
everybody." -- Bill Cosby
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