Steven Wolk

As CTO, Steve feels fortunate to lead teams of very talented and dedicated people who are collectively responsible for all phases of technology development, acquisition, deployment, and support throughout the company.

Always looking to the future, Steve enjoys speaking about the evolution of retail at conferences and events, along with subjects ranging from leadership and personal success to a wide variety of technical topics. Steve is passionate about applying technology to create business value, along with a world-class experience for PC Richard's customers. He's driven to teach and finds it very rewarding to help others reach their full potential, most recently volunteering as a mentor through NPower.

Steve is an IBM i zealot and advocate, and is deeply involved in the IBM i community. He’s very proud to be an IBM Power Systems Champion since 2020. Steve is a long-standing speaker at COMMON conferences, a subject matter expert, a member of COMMON’s Strategic Education Team, and speaks at IBM i related conferences globally. He’s a member of the board of directors for The LUG (Large User Group), a group of over 100 of the world’s largest users of IBM technology, currently serving as the Requirements Officer. Steve is also Vice-President and a board member of LISUG, the Long Island Systems User’s Group, and enjoys his role as emcee of LISUG’s monthly educational and networking events.

If you’d like to strike up a conversation with Steve, mention anything related to travel, Disney, or Star Trek, and you’ll have his undivided attention.

ABSTRACT:

TOPIC: "Turn Up the Power"
(External Disk and Hardware Replication on i... 
A Case Study!)

Your IBM i does a great job of managing internal disk, so why upgrade to external storage using a SAN?

Your replication software may require some extra time and attention, but it gets the job done - so why change? Turns out there are lots of reasons to change both! This won't be a nuts and bolts how-to session. Rather it will be a case study of the decisions made by one large appliance and electronics retailer to implement these technologies, including the considerations, decisions, trade-offs, and benefits.

You may not leave this session knowing how to do it, but you'll understand why you might want to, and you'll be ready to ask many of the right questions to get you there.

Some of the topics we'll discuss will include:
      • HA vs DR
      • RPO (Recovery Point Objective) and RTO (Recovery Time Objective)
      • iASP's
      • Tool-kits
      • Backups
      • Flash Copy
      • Recovery Scenarios
You'll leave this session better prepared to:
      • Determine if external storage is right for your environment
      • Understand the trade-offs involved with external storage
        and hardware replication
      • Know what questions to ask along the way!
Audience:
      • Anyone who is curious about using external storage and hardware replication with their IBM i is encouraged to attend!

AGENDA SUMMARY for February 19th MoM

ADMISSION: Free for TUG members & invited guests

  Registration: on-line

   • 12:00 PM Eastern Time, Zoom Session:
      "Turn Up the Power"

NOTE: Once your registration is confirmed, you will receive an email with the meeting link, meeting ID, and password.

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