Hi There is no problems running TSM on Windows depending on how many clients u are using and how much data your going to backup on a nightly basis.
Normally, I would say that if you have more than 100 backupclients, or more than 500GB of incremental data each night, I would not suggest running Windows as backupserver. This is because AIX, Solaris and HP/UX has a lot higher I/O throughput than Windows servers. But, if you have less than 100 clients and/or less than 500GB of incremental data each night, there should be no problems backuping using Windows as the server platform. And, if you were to decide to use Windows, if you're clients grow, you can always cluster the TSM server, to balance the system. Normally, I try to have my clients run TSM on AIX. But this is always a question about investment costs and if there is any personel that can administer AIX. Best Regards Daniel Sparrman ----------------------------------- Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Bergkällavägen 31D 192 79 SOLLENTUNA Växel: 08 - 754 98 00 Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 wptw63 <wptw63@TELST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RA.COM> cc: Sent by: Subject: TSM Server on Windows - Does it work? "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] RIST.EDU> 2002-01-16 22:13 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" We are considering installing TSM server, and are being 'encouraged' to run it on AIX but are a little cold to the idea. We have more experience supporting Windows 2000. Does anyone have any feedback on the stability or performance of TSM server running on Windows? Feel free to mail directly if you have any information that you willing to share but are uncomfortable putting on the list. Thanks ---------------- Powered by telstra.com