>> On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:58:45 -0400, "Hughes, George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> said:
> Is TSM planning on adding data deduplication similar to avamar? I > understand how TSM does not duplicate data now but minor edits in > files or simple file name changes would result in additional copies > of the entire file using TSM today. The 'Rename a top level directory' problem is the best case I've seen for something like this in TSM. Every pitch I've yet seen on de-dupe has glossed over where the metadata goes, and how it's defended. If you see a data deduplication solution which doesn't take at -least- as much care over the DB as we do in TSM land, then my opinion is "Flee at flank speed". In TSM-land we're very sensitive to the fact that our TSM database is both the key to our featureset and the most delicate part of our infrastructure, so we take neurotic degrees of care with it. I think perhaps the new products have yet to blood themselves. Be careful it doesn't splash on you when they do. :) - Allen S. Rout
