Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> What we do here is backup to dedupe devices (Data Domain) then vault to
> tape.  This has the benefit mentioned below that the restores for recent
> backups (we keep 30 days on DD) are fast because there are no tape
> operations involved.

We see a similar benefit for restore operations - most of ours come 
directly from the staging areas : there's the additional benefit of 
keeping the tape drives streaming more of the time, if your staging area 
is fast enough (don't know if you're seeing this), as compared to more 
variable throughput from networked clients.

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