I am not familiar with their product, but I have been using Sepaton's Virtual Tape Library (VTL) for several months with no problems. The Centricstor appears to a similar product but I am at a loss as to why it would need third party software for "syncronizing scratch tapes", what ever that is. A VTL should appear to TSM as just another automated tape library (ATL) and TSM would use it just like any other ATL. All TSM operations (backups/restorations/reclamations/etc.) happen just as with an ATL, just much faster. Sepaton's VTL has been "TSM certified" if that helps in making the VTL leap. I have been very satisfied in going with a VTL for on site storage pools and my 3494 for off site storage.
H. Milton Johnson -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Kirkman Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Centricstor and TSM? Anyone out there familiar with this product? It's marketed as a virtual tape solution and they make a case for using it to "Improve Performance and Reduce Costs in a TSM Environment". In this document they also reference Gresham Software's 'Enterprise DistributTape' as a requirement for syncronizing scratch tapes but infer that 5.3 will incorporate this functionality. Not that we have any immmediate plans to go to 5.3 but I am curious whether that actually happened. Thanks! -- Jim Kirkman ITS Infrastructure UNC-Chapel Hill 919-698-8615
