Wanda, You wrote :- <If you want to save mainframe disk and tape, your best bet would be to <move <to TSM on an AIX server (depending on the size of your clients, a WIn2K <server might do). You get the same great product, terrific performance <(as <an ex-mainframer I can tell you the performance on AIX is incredible - <wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself), and NO <conversion <costs for your clients. You won't have to change ANYTHING on the <client end!
So why is the performance on AIX so good, compared to the mainframe. Does TSM inherently run better on AIX, or is it because in many cases the AIX box will be dedicated to TSM, while OS390 TSM will usually be sharing with many other applications, and that it often does not get the resources it needs to run at optimum. We have both TSM's at our site and my perception of the usual applies here the AIX TSMs are dedicated, while I have to share a busy mainframe. John ********************************************************************** The information in this E-Mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It may not represent the views of Scottish and Southern Energy plc. It is intended solely for the addressees. Access to this E-Mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any unauthorised recipient should advise the sender immediately of the error in transmission. Scottish Hydro-Electric, Southern Electric, SWALEC and S+S are trading names of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group. **********************************************************************
