Hi Eric,
We have been using a DL700 for about 6 months. Currently we use it for
backups of our high-priority servers to improve the restore time. We have
20 TB of S-ATA storage. We have configured it to emulate one library with
16 LTO1 drives. We backup directly to "tape". The unit has been working
well for us. The TSM server is a P650 with 2 LPARs, both running 5.1.7.0.
The DL700 is used on one LPAR. Once we get to 5.2.*, we can use LTO2
emulation, and we will have additional library configurations available. We
are running with compression enabled, and it is giving about 2.4:1 on the
average. In TSM, it appears to be a tape library, with really fast tape
mounts/unmounts. If there are some specific questions, I would be happy to
answer, if I can.
Best regards,
Larry McNutt
The Timken Company
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:29 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Looking for user experiences with EMC's DL700
Hi *SM-ers!
Are there any DL700 users in this list? The DL700 is a tape emulator based
on S-ATA or P-ATA disks, put on the market by EMC. You can define a lot of
virtual tape drives, so clients can all use their own drive.
It has built-in compression, so you can put more data is this device
compared to other ATA based disk solutions with a file device class.
I'm looking for user experiences with this box, good or bad.
Thank you very much in advance for any reply!!!
Kindest regards,
Eric van Loon
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
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