This depends on your license. We pay per tape drive, and you (apparantly) pay a flat rate regardless of how many drives you have.
So, if your license is such that you are paying per drive, then there may be a considerable difference between the licensing per drive, vs per terabyte of usable storage, versus DSU (free?) Paul -- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Kevin Whittaker > Sent: September 10, 2007 3:18 PM > To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Cost of VTL vs DSU > > > I have asked my account rep multiple times and been explained > that I do > not have to license my VTL (EMC CDL720). Since it is presented as a > real robot to the OS, then NetBackup has no clue that it is > not a robot. > > So, there is not always a cost for the VTL, depending on how > you do the > setup. > > Kevin ==================================================================================== La version française suit le texte anglais. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email may contain privileged and/or confidential information, and the Bank of Canada does not waive any related rights. Any distribution, use, or copying of this email or the information it contains by other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this email in error please delete it immediately from your system and notify the sender promptly by email that you have done so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Le présent courriel peut contenir de l'information privilégiée ou confidentielle. La Banque du Canada ne renonce pas aux droits qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie de ce courriel ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une personne autre que le ou les destinataires désignés est interdite. Si vous recevez ce courriel par erreur, veuillez le supprimer immédiatement et envoyer sans délai à l'expéditeur un message électronique pour l'aviser que vous avez éliminé de votre ordinateur toute copie du courriel reçu. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu