The fact you actually need to pay a "VTL license" is just plain scary.
When u bought it, did they think you're gonna use it as a fileserver? I'm not to specialized into Data Domain, but arent they marketed as backup hardware? So you get a disk, but if you want to use it for something else than that, you need to pay a license? Sorry for sounding bitter, but I've always heard people referring to Data Domain as a VTL. Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Växel: 08-754 98 00 Fax: 08-754 97 30 daniel.sparr...@exist.se http://www.existgruppen.se Posthusgatan 1 761 30 NORRTÄLJE -----"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> skrev: ----- Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Från: "Allen S. Rout" <a...@ufl.edu> Sänt av: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> Datum: 09/27/2011 18:55 Ärende: Re: [ADSM-L] Ang: Re: [ADSM-L] vtl versus file systems for pirmary pool On 09/27/2011 12:02 PM, Rick Adamson wrote: > The bigger question I have is since the file based storage is > native to TSM why exactly is using a file based storage > not supported? Not supported by what? If you've got a DD, then the simplest way to connect it to TSM is via files. Some backup apps require something that looks like a library, in which case you'd be buying the VTL license. FWIW, if you're already in DD space, you're paying a pretty penny. The VTL license isn't chicken feed, I agree, but it's not a major component of the total cost. - Allen S. Rout
