RE: x using i as storage

Although we do have a Windows server (or 2 or 3 - I lose count easily), I store manuals, Redbooks, technical docs (Word, PDF, Excel, etc.) out on the IFS. Backup those folders nightly; even had to restore one once.

I never timed it, but never noticed any problem either.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
B&W Wholesale
office: 615-995-7024
email: jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pat Barber
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:06 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: x using i as storage

I have a couple of customers that have no desire to have or maintain
a Windows Server but they do want their pc data in a secure place
that gets regular backup(daily).

Storing their pdf's and word documents on the IFS is painless and quite
effective
and requires nothing on the part of the users.

Isn't that what the IFS was designed to do ?

What would you do ?(remember... NO Windows server)

Using this method also allows us to get a user back up quite
quickly when their pc decides to stop working.

Lukas Beeler wrote:

Everytime i see talk about using the standalone machines as a SAN, the
following questions comes to my head:

"Why, God, why?"

I've seen my fair share of technical documentation about this topic,
and i've also seen all the marketing blurb, but i've never seen
something that i would consider an advantage over using a real SAN.

Plus most backup solutions promoted by IBM for this scenario would
break ESE databases and cause USN rollbacks in DCs.

Are there people running this in production? And if yes - why did you
decide to do so?

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