Thanks!!!

I have been doing some of reading in preperation for
getting this up and running and I see alot of talk
about a pool for this and a pool for that....

I wish some place within the 5" thick users doc they
had just put the few sentances you provided here.

Thanks again!!
Chris



--- Darren Dunham <ddunham AT TAOS DOT COM> wrote:
> >
> > Scenario: I have a server and a few clients. I
> have
> > created two groups, (1)Clients and (2)Server. The
> > schedule I created has everyone do a full bu on
> > Saturday and incr every other day (starting at
> > different times).
> >
> > My question is this: Is there any reason I cannot
> or
> > should not just use the default pool? I considered
> the
> > "full" and "non full" but with a jukebox managing
> all
> > of the volumes does it really matter?
>
> Good question.
>
> I generally recommend that you use multiple pools
> only in a few
> situations.
>
> 1) Separate retention periods
>    If you want to retain the fulls longer than the
> incrementals (or the
>    servers longer than the clients), then you'll
> probably want to put
>    the groups in separate pools.  That way you don't
> have space taken up
>    by short termers that can't be used because
> there's a long termer on
>    the same volume
>
> 2) Separate handling criteria
>    This is really just like the last case, but you
> might have a
>    situation where the server tapes have to go
> offsite.  In such a case
>    you'd reduce the volumes you had to touch by
> segregating them into
>    their own pool
>
> Without either of those, using a single pool may be
> the best solution.
>
> Good luck!
> --
> Darren Dunham
>    ddunham AT taos DOT com
> Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS
> http://www.taos.com/
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