It will all be down to the filesystem type. NTFS can create big, mostly empty files quickly.
Steven Langdale Global Information Services EAME SAN/Storage Planning and Implementation ( Phone : +44 (0)1733 584175 ( Mob: +44 (0)7876 216782 ΓΌ Conference: +44 (0)208 609 7400 Code: 331817 + Email: [email protected] Mehdi Salehi <[email protected]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> 02/03/2010 09:26 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject [ADSM-L] define volume takes a long time in AIX Caterpillar: Confidential Green Retain Until: 01/04/2010 Hi, TSM volumes can be defined instantly in TSM server for Windows but take several minutes in TSM for AIX. What could be the reason? - AIX version is 5.3 with latest patch on both platforms - volume is defined on a single internal physical disk (no SAN, no RAID) - windows disk is a 500GB SATA, AIX disk is a 36GB 10K rpm SCSI drive - windows can define a 100GB volume in one second, but AIX defines a 30GB one in some minutes! Thanks, Mehdi
