Networker

Re: [Networker] VTL or disk cabinet backup

2007-11-06 08:42:24
Subject: Re: [Networker] VTL or disk cabinet backup
From: Teresa Biehler <tpbsys AT RIT DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 05:50:32 -0500
So, do you HAVE to go to capacity based VTL license?  Or will an unlimited 
license for a physical tape library still license you for an unlimited sized 
VTL?

Thanks.
Teresa

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Siobhán Ellis
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 9:24 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] VTL or disk cabinet backup

7.4 has capacity based VTL's


On 6/11/07 10:35 AM, "Curtis Preston" <cpreston AT GLASSHOUSE DOT COM> wrote:

> Today NW prices them the same as a regular tape library.  Hopefully a
> capacity-based model will be coming.
> 
> ---
> W. Curtis Preston
> Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
> VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Teresa Biehler [mailto:tpbsys AT rit DOT edu]
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 6:18 AM
> To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Curtis Preston
> Subject: RE: [Networker] VTL or disk cabinet backup
> 
> How are VTLs licensed?  At one point I thought NW considered a VTL to be
> the same as a physical library, but I thought EMC was moving to a
> capacity-based scheme here too.  So, we could not, for example, just
> begin using our "unlimited-slot tape library" to license a VTL of
> unlimited size.  Is this correct?
> 
> Thanks.
> Teresa
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
> On
> Behalf Of Curtis Preston
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 11:24 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] VTL or disk cabinet backup
> 
> 
>> One other thing that's worth noting about diskbackup licenses for
>> networker is that the license puts restrictions on the actual amount of
> 
>> data on disk, compared to library based licenses, who put restrictions
> on 
>> the amount of slots instead. This means that unlike library licenses,
>> diskbackup licenses don't allow you to put more data in over time, as
>> technology evolves.
> 
> That's an interesting thought.  It's a drawback of capacity-based
> licensing.
> 
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Siobhán

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