Re: [Networker] VTL or disk cabinet backup
2007-11-06 23:23:10
That's what I'm waiting to find out.
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W. Curtis Preston
Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies
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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Teresa Biehler
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 2:51 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] VTL or disk cabinet backup
So, do you HAVE to go to capacity based VTL license? Or will an unlimited
license for a physical tape library still license you for an unlimited sized
VTL?
Thanks.
Teresa
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Behalf Of Siobhán Ellis
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 9:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [Networker] VTL or disk cabinet backup
7.4 has capacity based VTL's
On 6/11/07 10:35 AM, "Curtis Preston" <cpreston AT GLASSHOUSE DOT COM> wrote:
> Today NW prices them the same as a regular tape library. Hopefully a
> capacity-based model will be coming.
>
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> W. Curtis Preston
> Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com
> VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Teresa Biehler [mailto:tpbsys AT rit DOT edu]
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 6:18 AM
> To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Curtis Preston
> Subject: RE: [Networker] VTL or disk cabinet backup
>
> How are VTLs licensed? At one point I thought NW considered a VTL to be
> the same as a physical library, but I thought EMC was moving to a
> capacity-based scheme here too. So, we could not, for example, just
> begin using our "unlimited-slot tape library" to license a VTL of
> unlimited size. Is this correct?
>
> Thanks.
> Teresa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> On
> Behalf Of Curtis Preston
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 11:24 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] VTL or disk cabinet backup
>
>
>> One other thing that's worth noting about diskbackup licenses for
>> networker is that the license puts restrictions on the actual amount of
>
>> data on disk, compared to library based licenses, who put restrictions
> on
>> the amount of slots instead. This means that unlike library licenses,
>> diskbackup licenses don't allow you to put more data in over time, as
>> technology evolves.
>
> That's an interesting thought. It's a drawback of capacity-based
> licensing.
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