Container pools work but you don't have defrag functionality until 8.1.4 - which means it does not release the space it no longer uses. Also you don't get much if any benefit from dedup if you commingle 2 or more container pools into one on the replica. For example you have 2 servers doing backups, storing data in container pools and both replicating to one offsite server. Each container pool is about 20Tb and there is a lot of overlap - the storage pool usage on the offsite will be close to 40Tb, rather than 25Tb that it would have been if dedup worked properly
On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 9:37 AM Zoltan Forray <[email protected]> wrote: > We are investigating using CONTAINER pools for our offsite replica server > vs the current FILE method which is killing us with the constant dedup, > reclaims, etc. > > So, what are the "gotchas' ? We are still at V7.1.7.400 so I figure we > will have to do without any new features added in the V8 branch. But is it > problematic enough at V7 to avoid it? > > Your thoughts? Experiences? > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > Xymon Monitor Administrator > VMware Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > www.ucc.vcu.edu > [email protected] - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://phishing.vcu.edu/ > > -- Mikhail Golbin bus (908)635-5705 cell (908)210-3393 RMD IT Client Services
