Modern Archive, Backup and Recovery for Mainframe Using Cloud Object Storage

Project and Program: MVS, MVS Storage Management

Tags: Proceedings, SHARE Phoenix 2019, 2019

Industry analysts and storage vendors all agree that using object storage as part of your company's archive and backup strategy can improve recovery, simplify daily operations and reduce storage costs. But in the mainframe world, object storage is still not widely in use. Mainframe customers can use object storage, either on-premises or in the cloud, in multiple ways, from co-existing with current archive, backup and recovery solutions to a complete replacement of virtual tapes. In this session we will describe how object storage can fit in the current mainframe storage architecture and present common use cases for leveraging the benefits of cloud object storage. Our talk will cover: • Creating additional recovery points
• Shortening disaster recovery times
• Using cold storage for long term archiving
• Creating highly secured backup copies to protect from cyber threats
• Reducing the overhead of tape-based archive and backup
-Gil Peleg-Model9

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