A VTL offers following advantages compared to a TSM file device class : (hardware) compression on the VTL itself SAN based backups are possible with a VTL regards, Kurt
________________________________ Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager namens Allen S. Rout Verzonden: do 1/5/2006 5:45 Aan: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Onderwerp: Re: [ADSM-L] VTL experiences? >> On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 14:42:29 -0600, "Dearman, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> said: > Anyone out there have any good or bad experiences with VTL solutions. I > was thinking about budgeting for 1 or 2 in order to phase out the > current san file system I am using for TSM disk storage. There are > several vendors out there with VTL solutions most notably IBM and EMC. > My first choice would be to choose IBM but it is a new product and EMC > has been in the market longer. Would you be willing to expound on why you'd prefer sticking disk behind a VTL volume virtualizer, instead of sticking it behind a DEVCLASS=FILE volume virtualizer? I would default in the other direction, so I'm interested in your thinking. - Allen S. Rout
