If I had a choice between unix and nt I would choose nt every time. It's much easier to use and the much ballyhooed performance gained by using unix is not that great.
Mark -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Sparrman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 4:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM Server on Windows - Does it work? The cost of an HP LXr8500 with the configuration descripted shouldn't be much lower than a UNIX box with comparable performance. For example and IBM P-Series 610 with PowerPC processors running at 450Mhz would require 2 processor card to be comparable to and 8-way HP intel machine. So, please don't say that a UNIX box is MUCH more expensive. What you have done is to maximize an intel machine. If you were to maximize and UNIX box, it could probably handle as least 10 times the amount of clients. And, then it would be much more expensive. But that isn't what we're talking about. We have a single processor machine running 180 servers, with about 500-600GB of incremental data each night. This machine is half asleep when running backups. Thats the difference in performance. Everybody knows, that if you put an intel machine against a UNIX machine and compare I/O performance, the UNIX machine will outrun the intel box without any problems. And, almost all work that a TSM servers is doing, is related to I/O (disk transactions, db transactions, migration and so on...). 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 "Boireau, Eric (MED)" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <eric.boireau@M cc: ED.GE.COM> Subject: Re: TSM Server on Windows - Does it work? Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ST.EDU> 2002-01-17 10:54 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" I do on Win2K Box : More than 650 Completed backup Win9x, NT, 2K Clients backup / days More than 80 NT/ 20 Unix Completed Backup / days 10 Exchange Servers Volume by day 100-300 GB It works fine used less than 50% CPU at maximum. Server : HP LXr8500 8x PIII 700 2MB, 4GB Ram, 24x18GB Ultra3 Raid 5 Disk, 1Gb/s NetCard. Library : STKL700, 6xLTO Ultrium. The main advantage of Win2K Platfom is the cost of the Hardware comparing to SUN or AIX box. Salutations / Best Regards g GE Medical Systems ___________________________________________ Eric Boireau Global Systems Server Architect / Technology & Infrastructure Team GE Medical Systems S.A 283, rue de la Minière 78533 BUC Cedex France Tél: (33) 1 30 70 39 32, DC: 8*644 3932 Fax: (33) 1 30 70 42 30, DC: 8*644 3930 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Salak Juraj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TSM Server on Windows - Does it work? Hi, from what i learned by myself and from couple of tsm users in our area, the aix implementation is even more stable and scalable comparing to nt. TSM itself on nt is as stable as nt itself, if you are happy with nt you will likely be happy with tsm/nt as well. I am just setting-up new nt/tsm box, mainly because our know-how in unix is small. But if my requirements were harder I would swap to aix and buy aix know-how along with the product. For example, a neighbour company with x-terbytes of backup data and ATM backbone could double their tcp-ip throughput by swapping to aix, inspite of their perfect NT know how and weeks of tuning and comparable HW used for both NT and AIX. But I do not need that, so I stay with NT. regards Juraj -----Original Message----- From: wptw63 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 10:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM Server on Windows - Does it work? 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 Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please delete this material immediately.
