Comments on: Upcoming Best Practices Presentations http://fisherfindings.com/2009/03/19/bp/ ... harmonizing OpenVMS, Linux and VMware with Storage Arrays !! Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:52:38 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: jbf http://fisherfindings.com/2009/03/19/bp/comment-page-1/#comment-2168 jbf Sun, 23 May 2010 17:02:10 +0000 http://fisherfindings.com/?p=285#comment-2168 Thanks! I agree a good blog for middleware and messaging would be a help. While perhaps not as "popular", we actually need it more. There are lots of sites about Storage. Very few about middleware and messaging. Thanks! I agree a good blog for middleware and messaging would be a help. While perhaps not as “popular”, we actually need it more. There are lots of sites about Storage. Very few about middleware and messaging.

]]> By: JohnApps http://fisherfindings.com/2009/03/19/bp/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 JohnApps Sat, 22 May 2010 11:34:07 +0000 http://fisherfindings.com/?p=285#comment-2148 John, an excellent and attractive remake of the site! Your ideas and initiative make me think that Brett and I should perhaps be looking at something similar for middleware and messaging? Not so popular a topic as storage, but one perhaps of interest to a few people. Keep well, John John,
an excellent and attractive remake of the site! Your ideas and initiative make me think that Brett and I should perhaps be looking at something similar for middleware and messaging?
Not so popular a topic as storage, but one perhaps of interest to a few people.

Keep well, John

]]> By: jbf http://fisherfindings.com/2009/03/19/bp/comment-page-1/#comment-78 jbf Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:15:47 +0000 http://fisherfindings.com/?p=285#comment-78 Bingo! Wel, you will be very happy to know that the first three Best Practice presentations and white papers will focus on Best Practices for OpenVMS: ... with Host Based Volume Shadowing ... with Extended SANs ... with Volume Shadowing and Disaster Tolerant Clustering And as you note, I will try to answer "when is CA the right choice vs volume shadowing, or when does Business Copy make more sense than splitting shadowsets in an OpenVMS environment" and so on. The presentation / white paper will focus on two area - performance and reliability. It will help you see how to weigh one against the other. And I'm happy to share my experience and thoughts! : ) Bingo! Wel, you will be very happy to know that the first three Best Practice presentations and white papers will focus on Best Practices for OpenVMS:

… with Host Based Volume Shadowing
… with Extended SANs
… with Volume Shadowing and Disaster Tolerant Clustering

And as you note, I will try to answer “when is CA the right choice vs volume shadowing, or when does Business Copy make more sense than splitting shadowsets in an OpenVMS environment” and so on.

The presentation / white paper will focus on two area – performance and reliability. It will help you see how to weigh one against the other.

And I’m happy to share my experience and thoughts! : )

]]> By: Kel http://fisherfindings.com/2009/03/19/bp/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Kel Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:23:46 +0000 http://fisherfindings.com/?p=285#comment-77 I was probably a little vague about my statement. You're absolutely right that CA and Business Copy have best practice documents. However, a best practice guide for exactly what you're talking about - when is CA the right choice vs volume shadowing, or when does Business Copy make more sense than splitting shadowsets in an OpenVMS environment - these are things I would love to have HP publish best practice on. So replication options and preferred methods around storage and backups on VMS are the topics I'm most interested in hearing about. Thanks for your work on this! I was probably a little vague about my statement. You’re absolutely right that CA and Business Copy have best practice documents.

However, a best practice guide for exactly what you’re talking about – when is CA the right choice vs volume shadowing, or when does Business Copy make more sense than splitting shadowsets in an OpenVMS environment – these are things I would love to have HP publish best practice on.

So replication options and preferred methods around storage and backups on VMS are the topics I’m most interested in hearing about.

Thanks for your work on this!

]]> By: jbf http://fisherfindings.com/2009/03/19/bp/comment-page-1/#comment-73 jbf Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:02:40 +0000 http://fisherfindings.com/?p=285#comment-73 If I'm not mistaken, there are some Best Practices for both CA and Business Copy. I will try to track down the documents on the web. Of course, with OpenVMS customers for replication within a Metroplitan Area, I also highly recommend they consider HP Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS. This allows synchronous replication between arrays and (more importantly) the ability to transparently handle loss of any single component. For example, you might loose an array, but OpenVMS can continue to work - as long as the data is shadowed to another array. But for longer distances, there is no doubt that HP CA and Business Copy are the best approach. I am busy working on some a Best Practice presentation for Volume Shadowing. This first presentation will then be presented as a Technical Online Seminar (TOS). About the same time I will start to post articles here. Anyway, it's good to hear it wil help. If I’m not mistaken, there are some Best Practices for both CA and Business Copy. I will try to track down the documents on the web.

Of course, with OpenVMS customers for replication within a Metroplitan Area, I also highly recommend they consider HP Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS. This allows synchronous replication between arrays and (more importantly) the ability to transparently handle loss of any single component. For example, you might loose an array, but OpenVMS can continue to work – as long as the data is shadowed to another array.

But for longer distances, there is no doubt that HP CA and Business Copy are the best approach. I am busy working on some a Best Practice presentation for Volume Shadowing. This first presentation will then be presented as a Technical Online Seminar (TOS). About the same time I will start to post articles here.

Anyway, it’s good to hear it wil help.

]]> By: Kel http://fisherfindings.com/2009/03/19/bp/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Kel Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:35:34 +0000 http://fisherfindings.com/?p=285#comment-71 I look forward to reading these, especially around the HP offerings of CA and Business Copy. We're kind of working without a net right now. I look forward to reading these, especially around the HP offerings of CA and Business Copy. We’re kind of working without a net right now.

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