Kelly, I find this interesting. What version of TSM are they running? We have been fighting performance problems since out upgrade to 4.1.4.4, and we have what I consider a beefy machine. We are using an RS/6000 S7A, 4 processors, 8GB memory, 6 fastwrtie cache SSA adapters going to 3 drawers of 36GB SSA, 8 9840 tapes drives, 2 gigabit ethernet. The database is 30% of 139GB, so it is not near the 100GB you talk about. We are backing up about 500GB per night. What I am seeing is very poor performance on expiration and offsite reclamation. Any ideas would be appreciated - I thought it might be "normal", until I saw that a Win2K server can handle that load.
Andy Carlson |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ BJC Health System |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' St. Louis, Missouri '---''(_/--' `-'\_) Cat Pics: http://andyc.dyndns.org/animal.html On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Kelly Lipp wrote: > Since you're mostly Intel based, why not a Win2K solution? I know of a very > large site that backs up over 600 GB per night from well over 100 systems to > a Dell Quad Xeon, SAN storage, STK Powderhorn with 9840 drives (10 total). > Their database is over 100 GB. I don't think you have to rule out the > platform that you are probably most familiar with. Give it a try. If you > need a contact, email me off the list and I'll provide one for you. > > Thanks, > > Kelly J. Lipp > Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. > PO Box 51313 > Colorado Springs, CO 80949 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com > (719)531-5926 > Fax: (240)539-7175 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Malbrough, Demetrius > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RISC SERVER SPECIFICATIONS > > > -Mark- > > >I would also like to know advantages and disadvantages for the different > flavors of Unix and vendors? > > See the Redbook "Getting Started with Tivoli Storage Manager: Implementation > Guide" Table 13 for some helpful information. > > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/pubs/pdfs/redbooks/sg245416.pdf > > Thanks, > > Demetrius Malbrough > UNIX/TSM/OnDemand Administrator > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Morrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RISC SERVER SPECIFICATIONS > > > I have been given a couple of days to come up with specifications for a RISC > based server system to run TSM for a 100 + node network. The clients are > NT/Win2K and NetWare. The system must talk to the StorageTek 9490 - Powder > Horn. I figured that among all the TSMers out there that have working RISC > based systems that someone would already have specifications that I could > quickly modify for my environment and then bid out. I would also like to > know advantages and disadvantages for the different flavors of Unix and > vendors. Also since I work for a local government keeping the price low is > a must. Any help is greatly appreciated. >
