suggestions on setting up a Dell MD3260 as primary storage pool

2013-03-03 Thread Dury, John C.
We are changing our backup system and plan on using a Dell MD3260 as a primary disk storage device. It will house all backups from the local site as well as replicated data from the remote site. It will function as a primary stgpool only. The tape library that is also attached will eventually

Re: suggestions on setting up a Dell MD3260 as primary storage pool

2013-03-03 Thread Grigori Solonovitch
I have no idea about MD3262, but I do not think it is good to create so big volumes. I am using 64GB volumes on FILE storage pools for many years and everything is working fine. I am afraid you will have problems with reclamation of so big volumes. Grigori G. Solonovitch Senior Technical