The Avamar and NetWorker integration is targetted for relase sometime in Q4. 
NetWorker will be the single point of management for all the operations as well 
as reporting. This does not imply that Avamar is going away at all either.

If you want more details or are interested please ask your account rep contact 
the product management team.

Cheers!
Steve

----- Original Message ----
From: Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:36:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Networker] VTL/Dedup

On Jun 27, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Yaron Zabary wrote:

> Stan Horwitz wrote:
>> On Jun 27, 2007, at 10:52 AM, Yaron Zabary wrote:
>>> Joel Fisher wrote:
>>>> Hey Guys,
>>>> Can anyone comment about their experience good/bad on the below  
>>>> products
>>>> in a Networker environment?
>>>> Diligent Protectier
>>>> Data Domain (any dedup/vtl product)
>>>> Copan Revolution(falconstor)
>>>> Sun STK VTL(falconstor)
>>>> Any other VTL/Dedup solutions
>>>> VTLs in general?  Prefer VTL or adv_file?
>>>
>>>   EMC bought Avamar, which has a dedup product. I was under the  
>>> (wrong) impression that Networker 7.4 will have some kind of  
>>> integration with Avamar, but there is no hint about that in 7.4  
>>> rel notes or admin guide.
>> How do I get a copy of the NetWorker 7.4 Administration Guide? I  
>> searched PowerLink and I found the release nodes and the license  
>> manager guide, but not the general administration guide.
>
>   It is on Powerlink (on the second page of the results for 7.4).  
> It is now names "NetWorker 7.4 Multiplatform Version Administration  
> Guide".
>
>> As far as data de-duplication is concerned, I suspect EMC will  
>> leverage its investment in Avamar by adding de-duplication into  
>> future RAID controllers. I was told at EMC World last month that  
>> NetWorker 7.4 will offer reports on individual files that could be  
>> de-duplicated, but that's all it would do in that area.
>
>    I was told that future releases of Networker (or Avamar) will  
> somehow provide some kind of integration between the two products.  
> I checked both Networker 7.4 and Avamar 3.7.1 admin guide, but  
> didn't find anything about that.

Thanks. I was actually told the same thing, but 'future" evidently  
doesn't mean version 7.4. The closest you can get to data de- 
duplication in NetWorker 7.4 is the inactive files report, which is  
discussed on page 13 of the new Administration Guide. I know its not  
data
de-duplication, but it will hopefully lead in that direction for the  
next NetWorker version.

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