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Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 index size
2008-04-01 22:42:18
Is it just the idea of a virtual volume
that you don’t like, or do you have another volume manager you like? Last
time I looked, the dynamic disks functionality in Windows is based on a
stripped down version of VxVM.
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To: Ed Wilts
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu]
NetBackup 6.5 index size
Ed
I use Robocopy alot, but I feel that the
product may have been ill-advised by someone who thought we needed the product,
when clearly we have proven this is not the case.
Robocopy and Diskpart :-) works like a
charm!
From: Ed Wilts
[mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:22
PM
To: WEAVER, Simon (external)
Cc: Paul Keating;
Dariusz.Klar AT sun DOT com; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu]
NetBackup 6.5 index size
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:27 AM, WEAVER, Simon (external) <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net>
wrote:
Personally, I am not a fan of Veritas Volume Manager, and I certainly cannot
recommend it.
That's because you're a Windows guy and the product certainly doesn't function
on Windows like it does on Unix. If you're a Unix guy, you'll see the
limitations of Windows and its lack of a volume manager very quickly.
My catalog is in a volume manager and yes, we've grown it. We've
bounced a lot of our storage around between SAN frames as well as expanded
volumes. On the other hand, my Windows admins do nothing but bitch and
moan when they have to do the same thing. Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, VMS -
all move data nicely around. Windows, well, just say no.
Robocopy is not an alternative to a volume manager :-)
.../Ed
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 index size
Build your catalog filesytem using a Logical Volume Manager, such as Veritas
Volume Manager (Storage Foundations) on a SAN attached LUN. As your catalog
grows you can grow both the LUN and the filesystem hot, without an outage.
Or, if you have availability of a recent Enterprise
class array such as the HDS USP-V, you can build it on a DP (Dynamic
provisioned) LUN (aka thin provisioning)
The array presents your server with a large fixed size LUN, even several
terabytes, but only occupies as much disk space as needed, initially, then auto
allocates disk as needed.
Personally, I'd just go the volume manager route.
Paul
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