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As Jordan said, you'll need to license the SnapVault software on the source and backup filers, but I would strongly recommend having a support contract on the backup filer, just to make sure you have help in case your backup filer has issues at some point. We have approximately 85 TB of SATA on DS14 shelves on a 3140 cluster and I wouldn't think of going un-supported with those machines.
cheers,
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On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:55:58 +0000 Jordan Slingerland Jordan.Slingerland@independenthealth.com wrote:
That is, sv_ontap_sec on the secondary.
-----Original Message----- From: Jordan Slingerland Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:55 PM To: 'Scott Classen'; toasters@teaparty.net Subject: RE: need advice on using old FAS3140 for snapvault
You need license sv_ontap_pri on the source and sv_ontap_sec. Can't tell you what they would cost, check with your sales rep.
-----Original Message----- From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of Scott Classen Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:45 PM To: toasters@teaparty.net Subject: need advice on using old FAS3140 for snapvault
Hello fellow toaster,
We are contemplating an upgrade from our existing FAS3140 to a new FAS3220. The 3140 has served us very well and been unbelievably reliable, but is now 5 years old. We would like to move to a newer filer and more storage. What do to with the old filer and it's three associated shelves (DS14Mk4)?
Could it be used as some sort of snapvault device? Currently we back up to LTO-4 tapes via NDMP, which is a bit painful, but we deal with it. I like the idea of having a set of backups on disk, ready to go, and easily accessible.
We only use NFS and iSCSI functionality of the filer and have no extra licenses so I'm not very familiar with the day-to-day use of snapvault. Is it feasible to use the retired FAS3140 as a snapvault "container" without having it under an annual service contract? If we pay for a snapvault license on our new FAS3220 does that allow us to use an older filer as the actual storage space?
I guess the other option is to mothball the FAS3140, but I hate to put down a good piece of equipment.
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Scott
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