Mark, if you decide on Linux, make sure you have plenty of RAM and set vm.swappiness=0, else TSM will be swapped out to disk and performance will really suffer. BTW, TSM on the IBM OpenPower really rocks. the biggest issue with Linux is support, mainly the lack of it.
our environment is; One OpenPower 9124-720, 4 processors and 6 GB of RAM. SLES 9 SP3 Single install of TSM server v5.3.3. 100 GB Database presently at 80%. 60 TB Storage presently at 70%. 602 clients; Windows, Linux, and NetWare. 1 TB nightly backup. HDS SAN; FC for DB + LOG, SATA for storage. no tape! performance is not an issue, this server never breaks a sweat. Also use McData Storage Routers for copy pools at DR site. john >>> ADSM-L automatic digest system <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/27/07 12:04 AM >>> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:57:10 +0900 From: Mark Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: TSM and Linux Morning all Does anyone have any experiences good or bad running Linux as a TSM Server? We are a reasonable size environment currently running AIX as our server and Linux/Windows and Aix clients. The question has been asked for various reasons to change processors and flavour. All feed back would be appreciated. Regards Mark Mark Scott Enterprise Storage & Tivoli Team Leader Bunnings Group Limited 126 Pilbara Street, Welshpool WA 6106 Locked Bag 20, Welshpool DC WA 6985 Phone : (08) 9365 1779 Fax : (08) 9350 6686 Mobile : 0408925402 E-mail : mscott AT bunnings.com DOT au <mailto:mscott AT bunnings.com DOT au> ----------------------------------------- NOTICE: This communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Unless you are the intended addressee, any review, reliance, dissemination, distribution, copying or use whatsoever of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this in error, please reply immediately and delete the material from all computers. Email sent through the Internet is not secure. Do not use email to send us confidential information such as credit card numbers, PIN numbers, passwords, Social Security Numbers, Account numbers, or other important and confidential information.
