> On 18 feb. 2016, at 17:39, Lee, Gary <glee AT BSU DOT EDU> wrote:
> 
> We are currently running tsm 6.3.4 with plans to upgrade to 7.1.x some time 
> this year.
> 
> Our tape libraries (3494s) go off support next year. I have been informed 
> that our solution will be amazon s3 storage.
> 
> Using their storage gateway and vtl interface certain limits are imposed.
> 
> 
> 1.       Limit of 150 TB per library.
> This is possibly the largest limit.
> 
> 
> If by chance, a library needs to grow beyond the 150 TB limit, we could just 
> stand up another library.  However, can a storage pool span multiple 
> libraries?
> 

no, but a hierarchy can, you can cascade multiple tape pools quite easily. 
Check nextstg and reclaimstg… 

> I don't think so, but wanted to ask.

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