xviii IBM System Storage DS6000 Series: Copy Services with IBM System z
include Copy Services solutions in Metro/Global Mirror and Incremental Re-synchronization
for the DS8000. Denise holds a degree in Engineering Mathematics.
Jana Jamsek is an IT Specialist with IBM Slovenia. She works in Storage Advanced
Technical Support for Europe as a specialist for IBM Storage Systems and i5/OS® systems.
Jana has eight years of experience in the System i™ and AS/400® areas, and six years of
experience in Storage. She holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and a degree in
Mathematics from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Jana co-authored the Redpapers The
LTO Ultrium Primer for IBM eServer™ iSeries™ Customers and Multipath for IBM eServer
iSeries, and IBM Redbooks iSeries in Storage Area Networks and iSeries and IBM
TotalStorage: A Guide to Implementing External Disk on IBM eServer iseries.
Wenzel Kalabza is an IT Specialist in IBM Germany. He started in 1998 as a Field Quality
Engineer for IBM hard disk drives and was the Technical Lead in HDD robustness and
rotational vibration testing. He has three years of experience supporting IBM Storage
products. As a member of the DASD EMEA back office, Wenzel initially supported the ESS,
and is now a Product Field Engineer for the DS6000, specializing in Copy Services.
Peter Klee is an IT Specialist who joined IBM in 2003, working for Strategic Outsourcing.
Since June 2004, he has been part of the ATS System Storage team in Mainz, Germany.
With 10 years of experience in data centers, he previously worked for a large bank in Ger-
many and was responsible for the architecture and implementation of the disk storage envi-
ronment using EMC Symmetrix, HDS Lightning, and ESS Model 800. Today, Peter’s main
focus is on Copy Services in the Open Systems environment with DS8000 and DS6000,
especially Global Mirror and Metro/Global Mirror.
Markus Oscheka is an IT Specialist for Proof of Concept and Benchmarks at the ATS
Customer Solutions team in Mainz, Germany. His areas of expertise include setup and
demonstration of IBM System Storage products and solutions in various environments
including AIX®, Linux®, Windows®, HP-UX and Solaris™. Markus has worked at IBM for five
years, and has performed many Proofs of Concept with Copy Services on DS6000/DS8000,
as well as Performance Benchmarks with DS4000/DS6000/DS8000.
Ying Thia is an Advisory IT Specialist based in IBM Singapore, providing Storage technical
support. She has 14 years of experience in the S/390 and Storage environment. Prior to
joining the IBM Singapore Storage team, Ying worked in IBM Global Services where her
responsibilities included technical support and services delivery. Her areas of expertise
include IBM high-end Disk and Tape Storage subsystems and Disaster Recovery solutions
using the capabilities and features of IBM Storage products. She co-authored a previous IBM
Redbook and contributed to a workshop for System z copy services.
Robert Tondini is a Senior IT Specialist based in IBM Australia, providing Storage technical
support. He has 12 years of experience in the S/390 and Storage environment. His areas of
expertise include IBM high-end Disk and Tape Storage subsystems and Disaster Recovery
solutions using the capabilities and features of IBM storage products. Robert has co-authored
several IBM Redbooks and contributed to a workshop for System z copy services.