I agree with Jim. Inexpensive disk used along with disk staging and some
tape is a much better value than buying a VTL that will emulate a robot and
drives. Before you buy a VTL you really need to ask yourself what specific
problem you are trying to solve.

john



On 8/1/06, Jim Horalek <jimh at federaledge.com> wrote:
>
> There are many VTLS on the market. And usually come at a steep price. Note
> you are actually purchasing disk at a premium prices with limited
> expandability. Adding cheap linux mediaservers with cheap raid disk is
> arguably a cheaper solution.
>
> jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Juan Pablo
> Almeida
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:13 AM
> To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Anyone using VTL
>
>
> Hi,
>
>         What do you think about VTL?
>         Are you using VTL? what model?
>
>         EMC DL710 or NetApp VTL600?
>         What about Storagetek?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Juan
>
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