Re: Cranky LTO tape drive

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated." - Tape

The infrastructure that's out there for tape in the IBM i space is so 
vast and massive that it will be quite some time before it goes away. 
Our backup tools nearly all use tape. Sure some are fitting their 
backups onto RDX or using virtual media but tape is still king.

Sure that tape may very well be a SPHiNX or EMC or other VTL but it 
looks and works like tape to IBM i.  It can be booted for a reload. It 
can be read for a restore. It can be archived or moved off-site for 
protection. But it is THE interface of choice for backup on IBM i.

Looking to the future though there is a brand new feature that allows 
IBM i to back up to IBM's cloud directly. More clouds will be coming 
soon.  OF course it requires bandwidth and it still requires you have a 
system level backup if you ever need a full recovery.

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 12/28/2016 9:48 PM, Booth Martin wrote:
> That, to me, is the real advantage of RDi.  Both your PC and your
> iSeries are always current and are the back up for each other. The
> likelihood of losing both at the same time are quite remote. But if that
> is a concern, add svn to your set-up and you are pretty much guaranteed
> instant recovery without the hardware hassles.  The bigger plus is that
> suddenly you are set up for team development.
>
> in my opinion, the days of tape are, blessedly, gone the way of the
> quill pen, the cloth diaper, and the cathode ray tube.
>
>
> On 12/28/2016 5:10 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:
> > In a pinch....but if something catastrophic happens I'd like to be
> > able to restore to the most recent backup, even if it is a year old.
> > I DO save the system before CUME's and OS version jumps, JUST in case.
> >
> > I need a drive to save to, even if the data isn't important, being
> > able to get back on my feet is still important.
> >
> > Pete Helgren
> > www.petesworkshop.com
> > GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
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