RE: Data vaulting

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, there's the iCluster, but IBM doesn't own that anymore.

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:23 AM
To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Data vaulting

No, I'm more interested in a cloud thing.  So the data is 'out there' so to
speak.  I'm just a 1-person shop and as time goes on I find myself more and
more in company management as opposed to tech management.


On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Have you looked into getting a second set of used machines and storing
your
> data on them?
>
> Paul Nelson
> Office 512-392-2577
> Cell 708-670-6978
> nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:01 AM
> To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Data vaulting
>
> All,
>
> I decided to look into data vaulting.  I got a quote just to see what the
> costs would be.
>
> System i data: 84gb, 14 dailys, 4 weeklys and 13 monthlys = $258/mo.
> Windows servers data:  900gb, 14 dailys and 4 weeklys = $2,100/mo.
>
> This was so far beyond what I thought the costs would be that I am
> absolutely stunned.  When I asked how companies justified it, the reply I
> got was savings on buying blank tapes.  I could restock my entire supply
of
> tapes every week and spend less.
>
>
> --
> Jeff Crosby
> VP Information Systems
> UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
> www.dilgardfoods.com
>
> The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
> company.  Unless I say so.
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