We use DD here both as VTL and ADV file (Test).
I takes good amount of time to load the tapes in VTL.
As far as the Speeds I seed it writing 10 MB to 130 MB/S.
As far as archiving goes it works just as any other VTL. Either you clone or
Stage.

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Jóhannes Karl Karlsson <
johannes.karlsson AT skyrr DOT is> wrote:

> Hi Jamie.
>
> Are you running NetWorker 7.6 or older?
>
> I'm sorry I don't have any details, but I've heard from EMC people that
> 7.6.1 is going have some features that take DD into account.
>
> How does DD fit intor your environment? Are you going to use it as the main
> storage, or as some kind of archiving or long term retention?
>
> Johannes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
> On
> Behalf Of James Pratt
> Sent: 16. febrúar 2010 14:35
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Datadomain with NetWorker / EDL
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT 
> >> EDU]
> >> On Behalf Of JKK
> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:19 AM
> >> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> >> Subject: [Networker] Datadomain with NetWorker / EDL
> >>
> >> Hi All.
> >>
> >> I anyone out there using Datadomain dedup array either as a file
> device on
> >> a storage node or connected directly to a EDL ?
> >>
> >> I understand EMC are going to integrade datadomain somehow with
> NetWorker.
> >> Has anyone heard anything about that and is willing to share?
> >>
> >> Regards, Johannes
> >>
>
> We should have this in place by the end of this week. I will post what
> we find out/know after that - We got the DD630 model with 12TB, (No
> fiber hba option or VTL), so it will (likely?) be set up for NW disk
> backup & de-dupe across the network.. (We shall see - we also had to
> purchase a 10TB disk backup license for NW, so I'm assuming the DD guy
> knows what he is doing in terms of NW integration).
>
> Cheers,
> Jamie
>
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