"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 11/23/2005 10:55:35 AM: > I would not consider using IBM VTS as a possible solution. The VTS > internally also runs ADSM. If the tape volumes you want is not on > cache, the VTS has to retrieve it from tape, place it on disk cache > prior to sending it to the servers. This takes time. My VTS emulates > IBM 3490E cartridge tapes. These tapes has a native capacity of 800MB or > 2.4GB compress. This is not a lot of data these days.
VTS was never meant as a virtual tape library for TSM; it was constructed for mainframe storage usage. IBM has a new virtual tape library; it's either out now or will be very soon. The verdict on *that* is still out. -- (note my new address) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ==============================================================================
