Re: Data vaulting

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now that makes sense.  Use the vault for near term.  Use tapes for older
stuff.

Can I ask who is doing the vaulting?  Is it ServIT?


On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Prostor, Timothy <
TProstor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We have been using Data Vaulting for 3 years now, and to be fair have
> changed the way we initially wanted to use it.  We are only vaulting
> native system i data, including IFS.
>
> There are many variables, including compression rates.  For one
> particular vendor, the native i objects have the best compression for
> the entire lineup.
>
> We started by wanting to do bare metal DR restores using the vault, but
> have now decided to go HA instead.   But we have realized tremendous
> benefits to our development staff on using it as a tool.
>
> I currently have 8 weeklies and 6 dailies on two different partitions.
> The vault totals I have currently saved as of today are 361 savesets,
> 11.7TB original size, about 480GB compressed.  I just negotiated a
> renewal for only $750 a month.
>
> I decided the monthlies and annuals were unnecessary on the vault -
> keeping those on tape.
>
> We can restore any native or IFS object from any day in the last week or
> any week in the last 8 weeks in minutes.
>
>
>
> Tim Prostor
> Manager, Information Systems
> 440-473-2000 Ext. 5428
> tprostor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:01 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
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