Re: virtual tape library versus disk

2013-11-08 Thread Meuleman, Ruud
, Andy Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 7:40 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] virtual tape library versus disk I assume you plan to use a de-duplicating storage device. 8Gb FC tends to be faster than 10Gb Ethernet. File systems tend to be easier to manage. VTL option tends to cost

Re: virtual tape library versus disk

2013-11-08 Thread Huebner, Andy
08, 2013 9:06 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] virtual tape library versus disk Hi Andy, Yes, we plan to use a de-duplicating storage device for TSM. Thanks for your responds. Do you know if the application TSM itself have preference? Kind Regards, Ruud Meuleman -Original

virtual tape library versus disk

2013-11-05 Thread Meuleman, Ruud
Hi, Does anybody knows what are the advantages and disadvantages of using virtual tape library instead of normal disks for TSM storage pools? Kind Regards, Ruud Meuleman ** This transmission is confidential and must

Re: virtual tape library versus disk

2013-11-05 Thread Huebner, Andy
, 2013 10:21 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] virtual tape library versus disk Hi, Does anybody knows what are the advantages and disadvantages of using virtual tape library instead of normal disks for TSM storage pools? Kind Regards, Ruud Meuleman

Virtual Tape Library

2010-06-01 Thread Jorge Amil
Hi everybody. What VTL solution do you recommend?Our main backup tool is TSM and we also have Networker for documentum backup. I mainly look for IBM,EMC,HP,Netapp. Thanks in advance Jorge

Re: Virtual Tape Library

2010-06-01 Thread John D. Schneider
Coaching Community, LLC Office: (314) 635-5424 / Toll Free: (866) 796-9226 Cell: (314) 750-8721 Original Message Subject: [ADSM-L] Virtual Tape Library From: Jorge Amil jorgea...@hotmail.com Date: Tue, June 01, 2010 9:57 am To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Hi everybody. What VTL solution

NetApp VTL (Virtual Tape Library 600) - after some hours of testing

2008-02-22 Thread Stefan Folkerts
Hi, I currently have at my disposal a NetApp VTL 600 for testing purposes. Setup : It's a single shelf VTL containing 14 500GB SATA disks including 1 hotspare. I have a Windows server attached via FC, TSM 5.4 installed on the server. The VTL is configured to be a NetApp library and it's

Virtual tape library

2007-09-09 Thread Sandeep Jain
Hi friends, Can anyone tell me the concept of Virtual Tape Library in Tivoli Storage Manager? I will appreciate if someone can share TSM document with VTL with me. Best regards, Sandeep jain DISCLAIMER “The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for the person or entity

Re: Quantum DX30 virtual tape library - cartridge sizing

2006-06-12 Thread Jeremy Cloward
, June 12, 2006 3:49 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Quantum DX30 virtual tape library - cartridge sizing I just had a Quantum DX30 VTL installed last week. the configured available storage is 5.11 TB. the installer set the cartridge size to 35 GB. which gave me 136 35 GB dlt carts

Sizing for a virtual tape library

2004-09-01 Thread Thach, Kevin G
Greetings- We are looking at purchasing an EMC CDL (virtual tape library), and I'm trying to figure out exactly how much disk I'm going to need to meet my requirements. select sum(physical_mb) from occupancy where stgpool_name='tapepool' Gives me ~62TB. Is that number the compressed value

Re: Sizing for a virtual tape library

2004-09-01 Thread Richard Rhodes
by: ADSM: Subject: Sizing for a virtual tape library Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU 09/01/2004 10:04 AM Please respond

Re: Sizing for a virtual tape library

2004-09-01 Thread Richard Rhodes
In thinking about my previous reply to you, I thought I should say this . . . . My big problem when I first started thinking about a virtual tape library was in thinking of it as a big disk. It's NOT . . .It is really a tape library (or several tape libraries) with tape drives and cartridges

Re: Sizing for a virtual tape library

2004-09-01 Thread Richard Rhodes
(My origional post was rejected . . . I'm resending it) I've been playing around with the same thing although in a completely different context. Although a better person should answer this, I believe the occ is what the TSM server sees - the byte stream into and out of the TSM server. If

Re: Sizing for a virtual tape library

2004-09-01 Thread Coats, Jack
I agree, think of it as so many tapes. Since they are 'really fast tapes', being on disk, you might consider doing reclaimation at some unusually low number to get expired data out of the way ASAP. If you don't need the space that badly, relax the reclaimation percentage a bit. Instead of

Re: Sizing for a virtual tape library

2004-09-01 Thread Johnson, Milton
- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Coats, Jack Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 12:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Sizing for a virtual tape library I agree, think of it as so many tapes. Since they are 'really fast tapes', being on disk, you might

Re: Sizing for a virtual tape library

2004-09-01 Thread Coats, Jack
Message- From: Johnson, Milton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 1:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Sizing for a virtual tape library Just to add another fly in the ointment, if you have an aggressive reclamation threshold, say 25%, and a reuse delay of say 5

Re: Virtual Tape Library

2004-05-19 Thread Gee, Norman
I tried using the IBM 3494-B18 VTS with TSM on the zSeries (z/OS) and decided it was not a good fit. TSM recalls partially fill tapes to finish filling it. The recall time was about 4 minutes. Reclaim processing took forever to bring in reclaimable volumes. Restores took forever with double

Virtual Tape Library

2004-05-17 Thread Coats, Jack
Anyone tried using one with TSM? I am mainly interested in a Windows environment, but other experiences would be very intersting? Vendor? Size? Price? Ease of Setup? Ease of Use? Operational considerations? Opinions? TIA ... Jack