From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of asr AT UFL DOT EDU
>Not to sound too mantra-like, consider the restore case first: 
>that's when
>you're really going to care about it.  Assemble your 85% 
>confidence-interval
>worst case restore scenario, and subject your loaner 
>infrastructure to it.

Preach, brother, preach! So many of my customers are so concerned with
cash layout that they size their systems for barely-acceptable backup
resources. This attitude builds a system that not only doesn't scale
when the data farm grows (and it will!), but is sadly inadequate for
decent restore resources from day one.

Fast restores are what it is all about.

--
Mark Stapleton