Go with the Dell, it has more bus bandwidth and will have lower maintenance costs.
Orville L. Lantto Datatrend Technologies, Inc. (http://www.datatrend.com) IBM Premier Business Partner 121 Cheshire Lane, Suite 700 Minnetonka, MN 55305 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> 11/02/2005 12:24 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Comparison of TSM server on old AIX RS/6000 vs Linux/Dell XEON We are trying to decide which direction to go for a new TSM server, given limited funds. We have an old 7026-H50 RS/6000 system available (2-CPU, 2GB RAM). Or should we go with a new Dell dual-XEON box running RH Linux ? What are you opinions/thoughts/experiences with these kinds of configurations ?
