Thanks for the info. Can you give me some idea of cost? Is it a one-time purchase?
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Lepre, James <[email protected]> wrote: > We are using Whitewater.. Setup is very easy... Deduplication is about > 3-5x depending on type of data.. > > You can uses any cloud storage including Amazon Glacier... We are using S3 > since the price drop.. all in all good product and they have partnered with > IBM so makes things a little easier > > James Lepre > Infrastructure Support Specialist > Solix, Inc. | 30 Lanidex Plaza West | Parsippany, NJ 07054 > T: 973.581.5362 | F: 973.599.6544 > www.solixinc.com | Solix on Facebook | Solix on Twitter > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Lee, Gary > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 4:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Sending TSM backups to the cloud > > We just finished a trial of the panzura box using amazon storage. > > Setup was quite easy. Configured the box with a ssl cert, pointed it to > our amazon account, and configured its nfs settings. > Then mounted it to our tsm server and set up a sequencial pool to point to > that mount point. > > We did just a copy stg to the cloud storage pool. > > Only got about 1.3 to 1 dedup ratio using the quicksilver's native > deduplication. > > However, worked well, and was absolutely no trouble. > > However, be ready for long wait times on restore if the data is not cached > in the quicksilver's local disk space. > > We killed our box completely to simulate a disaster with the box. Then, > reconfigured the panzura and did a volume restore. Much much much slower > than local tape. > Not a bandwidth problem as we have multiple gigbits to our providers. > Feel free to email or call if you have further questions. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Zoltan Forray > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ADSM-L] Sending TSM backups to the cloud > > My boss is doing some "pie in the sky" and wondered about using cloud > storage like Amazon for extra, non-tape based offsite active-data copies. > > Anybody doing or thinking of doing this? > > My quick research shows the need for an appliance to interface between the > TSM storage and the cloud/Amazon. Two I found were "Panzura Global Clouse > Storage System" and "Riverbed Whitewater". > > I have never having dealt with activedata storage pools, so please correct > me if I am wrong. From what I gather, I would setup a sequential pool and > either/or perform "copy activedata" from the primary pool and/or update the > primary storage pool to automagically replicate inbound traffic to the > activedata pool. Also requires changing the policy domains to identify > what goes in the activedata pool? Is this a one-to-one or many-to-one? > > Also, since we are using storage based licensing, is the activedata > figured into the total occupancy or is it ignored since it really is just a > copy of what is in the primary storage pools and things like copypools > aren't counted? > > Your thoughts? > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > [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://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Confidentiality Notice: The information in this e-mail and any attachments > thereto is intended for the named recipient(s) only. This e-mail, > including any attachments, may contain information that is privileged and > confidential and subject to legal restrictions and penalties regarding its > unauthorized disclosure or other use. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or the taking of any action or inaction in reliance on the > contents of this e-mail and any of its attachments is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. > If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the > sender via return e-mail; delete this e-mail and all attachments from your > e-mail system and your computer system and network; and destroy any paper > copies you may have in your possession. Thank you for your cooperation. > > > -- *Zoltan Forray* TSM Software & Hardware Administrator BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services [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://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
