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selva21 · Beginner Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 53 Topics: 31

Hi,

Our client has lot of datasets stored in DASD and TAPEs. Now the DASD rates are cheaper than the TAPE. Hence he wants to move some of these TAPE into DASD.

How to approach this scenario?. How to identify the TAPE datasets that can be moved into DASD?

Is there a guideline stating that if a file is of size X bytes, it should be stored in TAPE?

Thanks for your help.

Thanks,
Selva.
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kolusu · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:57 pm Post subject:

selva21,

As a rule of thumb any Dataset whose total byte count is greater than 2GIG(2,147,483,647) is a good candidate for Tapes

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Bill Dennis · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject:

1) DASD rates are cheaper than tape!?!?!? How can this be?

2) It should be about access requirements.
DASD for files needing fast or frequent access.
TAPE for files seldom accessed or very large files.
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vak255 · Intermediate Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 384 Topics: 79

Really Surprising!!
I use to get SB37 for a Dataset which is very large to be placed on DASD, which I moved to tape.

Dmteam · Beginner Joined: 19 Mar 2009 Posts: 1 Topics: 0

hi friends,

could you please tell us when the dataset got migrated,it will be stored in DASD OR TAPE storage medium ?

expat · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:57 am Post subject: