Skip,

I have worked with many different customers... each with their own "pool
religion" if you will..

One company I was contracted to used ONLY the DEFAULT pool. Simple yes,
but they did not have any requirement as to how long they had to keep
different kinds of data.

Other larger corporations I have worked at had very complicated pool
assignments.

LTO1full/incr
LTO2full/incr
etc...

In short for me, it has depended on variables...

What does the corporate legal beagle tell us we have to do * the square
root of the local technologist's pool religion + changing technology
over the years.

I have a monster mega question in return...

When keeping data for an extended period (20+ years) what examples do we
have out there for aged data migration plans?

Happy Valentines to my technologists on the list, get the flowers on the
way home or make sure you have a cold steak for your eye. /grin

Semper fidelis et paratus, /ALE


-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Skip Hanson
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 3:40 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Pools ?

All,
  Hello. I am curious how all of you are using pools today ? As we know
pools are very flexible and as a result can be very confusing. So I am
curious...

  1. Do you mix device types within the same pool ? (Disk and tape
devices ?)

  2. Do you select multiple backup levels for one pool ? (incrementals
and fulls etc.)

  Please feel free to post you opinions on pools or send me a brief
description about how you use them.

  networker_usability AT emc DOT com<mailto:networker_usability AT emc DOT com>

Cheers,
Skip

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