The Applications Manager Perspective
I need to
- Meet shrinking batch processing windows
- Avoid re-architecting our fixed content applications
- Exceed SEC requirements and service level agreements
Meet demanding batch processing windows
With the MDL, all cartridges are on spinning disk with up to 1,536 tape transports available, delivering consistent sub-second response access to the first byte of data. And because the MDL eliminates many of the mechanical processes of tape, such as robotics, mounts, and rewinds, your batch jobs can run up to 50% faster. see case study
Avoid re-architecture of your fixed-content applications
Fixed-content applications such as Mobius, On-Demand, and ImagePlus are historically slow when the data migrates to tape and it is necessary to access this data by a batch process-and developers are pushing users to revamp their applications and access this data via TCP/IP. If you already have the batch applications in place, you can gain significant response-time improvements by replacing your tape infrastructure with the Mainframe Data Library (MDL).
Because the virtual tape cartridges are on spinning disks-rather than sequential access tapes-and because there more than a thousand virtual tape transports available, mount times are delivered in sub-second timings so requests to access fixed content data are typically responded to in under two seconds. You can store massive amounts of this type of data while continuing to meet SLAs for accessing it in a timely manner.
Meet or exceed SEC and SLA requirements
The Mainframe Data Library (MDL) provides native support for compliant storage from EMC (Centera), Network Appliance (SnapLock), and Hitachi's Content Archive Platform (HCAP). This feature allows you to deploy low-cost disk solutions that meet or exceed SEC compliance directives regarding maintaining data in its original form. This, coupled with the MDL's sub-second mounts and time-to-first-byte capability, allows you to store massive amounts of data and retrieve it very quickly to help meet your SLA requirements, without expanding your primary DASD storage pools.
