Author: "Meuleman, Ruud" <ruud.meuleman AT TATASTEEL DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 16:20:53 +0000
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 con
Author: "Huebner, Andy" <andy.huebner AT ALCON DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 18:40:17 +0000
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 more. Ethernet in, FC out sp
Author: "Meuleman, Ruud" <ruud.meuleman AT TATASTEEL DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 15:05:31 +0000
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 Messa
Author: "Huebner, Andy" <andy.huebner AT ALCON DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 15:13:38 +0000
I do not think TSM prefers either. I suspect they are very similar in the code because both are sequential volumes tracked in a similar way. Andy Huebner Hi Andy, Yes, we plan to use a de-duplicating