Thanks to Bill, Ted, George, and Seth for the quick response. I see the difference now. LAN-free is actually TSM server free. Server free is TSM server and TSM client free backup. I wish Tivoli made a better choice of names. Eliza --------- Eliza Lau Virginia Tech Computing Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Eliza, > > It may help if you think of LAN-free backup as client-to-device data > movement, and server free backup as device-to-device data movement. > > In the case of LAN-free backup, the Storage Agent code (a stripped-down > version of the TSM server) is running on the client, consuming memory and > CPU resources when redirecting the data from disk to the SAN-attached > tape. The data does have to be channelled through the client, then (back) > through the SAN to the tape in the shared library. > > Server-free backup would take the resources of the client almost entirely > out of the picture; the client would only transfer the metadata across the > LAN. But we're not there yet... > > Ted >
