Re: Backup Encryption on the i platform

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pete, on the key management software side of it, who would own it, I5 or
some other back end server.

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Pete Massiello
<pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Software, if you have BRMS it is easy to do, but expect your backup to take
> probably twice as long and it will bury a small CPU.  Also with any
> encryption twice the amount of tapes that you are using now (Can't compress
> the encrypted data like you would get from unencrypted data).
>
> Hardware, is setup once and it's done. No slowdown in speed.  Doesn't
> require BRMS if you don't have it.  Need Tivoli Life Cycle Key Manager to
> setup.  Can't do it on internal tapes, only external library attached SAS
> (Power 6 & 7), or Fibre (Power 5, 6, and 7).
>
> Let also not forget Key Management, and going to your Recovery site.
>
>        Pete
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ketzes, Larry
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 1:56 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Backup Encryption on the i platform
>
>
>
>  I would like to solicit opinions on various methods of encrypting entire
> backups on the I platform.  The options I see are:
>
>        1) Hardware encryption
>        2) Software encryption
>
> I am assuming that hardware would be easier to implement, but might be more
> expensive, while software would be a little harder to implement, but might
> be a little more lighter on the wallet.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks, Larry
>
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