We are considering it in our shop as well, for specific workloads such as SQL Server and Exchange. I would be very interested in any real-world experience with it. Steve Schaub Systems Engineer, WNI BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee 423-752-6574 (desk) 423-785-7347 (cell)
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory Heikel Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:46 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Offsite library via fiber Does anyone on the list have experience(good or bad) with Data Domain's DD400 series? It looks like a good bang for the buck, but I'm wondering about reliability and actual compression experienced in the real world... Thanks in advance, cory Cory L. Heikel Tivoli Systems Administrator Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (717) 531-7972 *****E-Mail Confidentiality Notice***** This message (including any attachments) contains information intended for a specific individual(s) and purpose that may be privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure pursuant to applicable law. Any inappropriate use, distribution or copying of the message is strictly prohibited and may subject you to criminal or civil penalty. If you have received this transmission in error, please reply to the sender indicating this error and delete the transmission from your system immediately. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/13/2006 2:31:21 PM >>> We're doing just that. Easy to set up if your offsite location is within fibre distance. Only we are putting the VTL (primary pool) OFFSITE and the 3584 (copy pool) ONSITE. Why? 1) Tapes jam. Drives break. The 3584 is very reliable, but still mechanical. Easier to have it onsite, near us, to manage. The VTL is essentially lights out, so it will live offsite. 2) IF we have a disaster, having the VTL offsite means we can do DR restores without being limited by the number of tape drives we have. Cool idea, huh? Means we only need 2 drives in our 3584. Collocation & tape mounts are no longer an issue. And another cool thing: 3) We're even putting a spare Windows server offsite with the VTL, and making it a backup domain controller. TSM is already installed on it, but inactive. If we have a disaster, all we have to do is restore the TSM DB. We can start restoring files then to any machine we can get IP connectivity to. Our domain is still up, we don't have to recover AD. I can hardly wait for the tornado! Wanda Prather "I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O" -(me) -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David E Ehresman Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:54 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Offsite library via fiber We're thinking of a TSM upgrade that would include a VTL onsite library and an IBM 3584 library for copy pool tape. We would locate the 3584 in our offsite storage location and access it via fiber. The tapes would remain in the 3584 since they would already be offsite. Anyone have any experience with a setup like this? Daivd Ehresman University of Louisville Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm