You can respond direct to me instead of the list if you wish. Thanks! We are considering an IBM P650, either 2 or 4-way system as our replacement TSM server. 4 to 8 GBs of memory and around 1 terabyte of disk (FastT700?) for database, log and disk pools.
Our current config is a Sun E4500 with 4 400 MHz processors, 2 GB of memory, and 500 GB of disk (mostly on a shark). Our TSM database is 60 GBs, we manage approx 130 million files and 70 terabytes of storage. We move 500 GBs per 24 hour period, with most occuring during the night-time hours. My questions are these: The new system would be much faster with either 2 or 4 1.2 GHz (or faster) processors, but fast processors doesn't seem to be a huge factor at our site. Are 2 enough? Can TSM efficiently use 4 processors? Any site of simular size running on the above platform? I appreciate any information you can provide. Thanks leonard
