Jim 
I think you hit the nail on the head here.  We do
indeed have Media Servers on a SAN, and the difference
you say is licensing.

Thanks for the feedback.

Robert
--- Jim Horalek <nojava AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> Probably a misunderstanding with your consultant.
> Mediaservers have clients. Mediaservers (Any) will
> run on a SAN.
> 
> "SAN" Mediaservers only back themselves up. SAN
> Mediaservers don't have
> clients.
> It strickly licensing and is not enforced to my
> knowledge.
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On
> Behalf Of Robert
> Halton
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 1:21 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Why have Media Servers?
> 
> 
> What is the purpose of a media server?
> 
> I had thought that you have a master and then
> several
> media servers, and those media servers can back up
> individual clients, thus spreading the load amongst
> several servers.
> 
> And that the master catalog is stored on the media
> server.
> 
> But what I have been told today by the consultants
> who
> are rolling out veritas for us is the opposite.
> 
> All clients except media servers need to be backed
> up
> thru the master server over the network.
> 
> And that a media server can only back itself up.
> Otherwise if it backs up clients it is a master
> server
> 
> Thoughts????
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> 
> 
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