Hi All, We are currently planning for our next TSM-based backup infrastructure, thinking to make use of container type storage pools for most of our backup needs. Our biggest issue so far is to decide on the hardware platform that should be used as a backup target. Two competitors are still in the game to this point : EMC's Isilon and IBM's ESS (spectrum scale). Of course, both have been described to us by the vendors as being the best platform for such purposes, providing necessary capacity as well as throughput, and I must admit that, on paper, everything looks very promising. I would now like to hear from you (real world users, TSM consultants ...) about these systems : if you had a chance to choose between both, what would your bet be, and for what reason ? Most of my recent lectures on this topic highlighted ease of use as the most positive aspect in favor of Isilon, and compliancy with IBM's blueprints for ESS. I'm now curious to hear what YOUR arguments would be ;-)
Thanks for any feedback, success/horror stories and gossips that you would be willing to share ! Cheers. Arnaud
