We have been using Sepaton for almost two years with no regrets. Sepaton has excellent in-house knowledge of TSM, and configuring both the VTL and TSM to use the VTL are very straight forward and simple. Their support has been top-notch and never disappointed me, or my management. The products have proven reliable. As far as performance, my hardware is not capable of pushing the VTL to Sepaton's stated limits, but this is due to my TSM server's limits not the VTL.
I look forward to trying Sepaton's "content aware" compression, if you get just 1/3 the advertised compression it would prove very economical. If you need cartridge replication to a remote VTL over a network they also support that. When I went looking for a VTL, I wanted one vendor for both the VTL hardware and software. You don't state the hardware your TSM is on, but demand the vendor send you an evaluation VTL you can try on your server, Sepaton had no problems with that. Any other questions feel free to ask and good luck, H. Milton Johnson -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Peifer Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 3:02 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] VTL Sepaton vs SUN/STK(FalconStor) We've narrowed down our search for a VTL appliance to use with TSM to the 2 subject vendors. I'd like to hear the pros/ cons from the TSM users community on their experiences with these devices: Reliability, vendor service, performance etc. All comments welcomed. Larry Peifer TSM / AIX Administrator
