From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Not to sound too mantra-like, consider the restore case first: >that's when >you're really going to care about it. Assemble your 85% >confidence-interval >worst case restore scenario, and subject your loaner >infrastructure to it.
Preach, brother, preach! So many of my customers are so concerned with cash layout that they size their systems for barely-acceptable backup resources. This attitude builds a system that not only doesn't scale when the data farm grows (and it will!), but is sadly inadequate for decent restore resources from day one. Fast restores are what it is all about. -- Mark Stapleton
