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Re: [Networker] VTL or disk cabinet backup
2007-10-30 08:09:36
On 10/30/07 3:31 AM, Tim Verbois wrote:
Why would you choose a VTL then? Any thoughts?
NW understands tapes and is the worst backup product available for
dealing with disk devices.
Good tape management says that if you have one (1) good saveset left on
a tape, stage it off and recycle the tape.
A VTL gives you the advantage of disk and works to the strong point of
NW (it knows how to deal with tape).
If NW really understood that disk is random access storage -- there
wouldn't be any of this stupid limitation of two accesses. Yes, they've
made good strides in letting multiple restores happen at once. But why
not a stage and a clone (as long as they aren't for the same SSID)? Why
not a backup, several restores, and a clone?
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