> FTDs just behave like tapes. The main differences to their 
> predecessor, the 'optical' device media are
>   - FTD media can handle individual save sets
>   - FTD media can only read OR write

Shouldn't be a problem, as I won't be reading when I'm writing ..

> Besides that, the FTD media will only be overwritten when
>   - All save sets on the media have expired (are in the state 
> 'recyclable') so the media became 'recyclable' too     AND
>   - NW needs a media from the same pool on this SN    OR
>   - The administrator relabels the media

I spoke with EMC Tech Support. I explained that I manually remove savesets 
that have been cloned, after a certain number of days (using "nsrmm -d 
-S"), and then reclaim storage using "nsrstage -C -V". I asked about doing 
this explicitly. That if Device #1 was full, and would savesets then 
continue onto Device #2; they said yes. I said "what about when I manually 
clear space on Device #1 using "nsrmm -d" and "nsrstage -C -V"; would NW 
then be able to use the now free space on Device #1? They said that NW 
would continue to use Device #2 until it filled up, and then would go back 
and use Device #1, since it now had free space.

Are you saying that is NOT what would happen? That I would have to 
manually re-label Device #1 before I can use it again? I haven't time (nor 
the resources) to test that yet.

All my (A)FTD devices are in/will be in the same pool. Is that not a good 
idea? It's been working fine as AFTD device for the last few years.

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