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May 24th, 2011 01:00

Data Domain VTL

Is there any capacity pre-allocated when the tape/slot is defined into the Data Domain VTL system ?

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June 9th, 2011 02:00

The space is consumed when data arrives to the tapes.
Keep in mind that these capacities are the default sizes used if the capacity option is not included when creating the tape cartridge. If a capacity value is included, then it overrides the two-character tag. Be careful also with VTL design to not fill the file system, since the tapes are not deleted until they are reinitialized. A correct number of tapes, a good retention policy and a good cleaning schedule help this concern.

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June 7th, 2011 00:00

You can create tapes with unique barcode ending with the following tape capacity:

L1      100GB
L2      200GB
L3      400GB
LA      50GB
LB      30GB
LC      10GB

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June 7th, 2011 23:00

Hello Fernando-san,

Thank you for your inform.

Is the capacity of 100GB consumed when I define the tape preparation of (L1)100GB in the system or is not nothing consumed as long as data is not actually written on the tape ?

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June 9th, 2011 17:00

Hello Fernando-san,

Thank you for all of your comments..

masa,

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