One consideration may be if you are using multi-session restore.  From the
client user's guide - "If all of the files are on disk, only one session is
used. There is no multi-session for a pure disk storage pool".

I don't know if you can do multi-session restore when using devtype=file
volumes on disk. (The user's guide only mentions tape.)

Hopefully we will see this support in the future? (It seems all kinds of
people are looking into large Disk Storage Pools - SATA will probably
increase the numbers.)

Tim Rushforth
City of Winnipeg

-----Original Message-----
From: Dameon White [mailto:dameon_white AT CHARTER DOT NET]
Sent: May 23, 2003 8:29 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: File Devclass for Primary Storage Pool

My boss just had a visit from our EMC rep and has been
convinced that we should replace our tape primary storage
pool with a "disk" primary pool comprised of Clarion ATA
disks.

I have been searching the archives and the only drawback
that I can see is the lack of reclamation for the "disk
tape volumes".

Does anyone know of any other issues?

Thanks.

Dameon