and the cost for AIX..............................
Orville Lantto <orville.lan...@glasshouse.com> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 02/26/2009 01:21 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform This level of performance is pretty near the bottom of the pSeries range, but a comparable would be a pSeries 520 which could be had for this a similar price. I just checked and a basic 520 is list priced below $12,000. Orville Lantto | Consultant -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:17 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform I haven't checked AIX prices lately, but my last Dell 2900 with 8-1TB drives (for the LZ) and 2-500GB mirrored drives (OS and DB) with 8GB RAM cost under $11K. As I mentioned, the RH Linux license is around $50. I think it has 2-PCIe slots for the HBA's and 2-GIGe NICS. Orville Lantto <orville.lan...@glasshouse.com> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 02/26/2009 11:17 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform Those high end Windows boxes are priced similarly to equivalent (or better) AIX boxes. Check the benchmarks before deciding. Orville L. Lantto From: Kauffman, Tom Sent: Thu 2/26/2009 08:38 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform Yup. It boils down to Wanda's statement: "I/O, I/O, it's all about I/O" --- Wanda Prather If you can do the work with LTO-1 or -2 drives, or DLT-7000, or similar speed/capacity, then Windows will work. When you get into high-speed/high-capacity drives the Intel/AMD architecture comes unglued. A single LTO-4 drive will use ALL the I/O bandwith of a PCI or PCI-x bus, and a significant chunk of a PCIe(1) bus. The challenge becomes one of finding a suitable X86 server with multiple PCIe busses in the design. IBM has the GX series I/O modules with two PCIe busses each for the P6 architecture that allows for significant I/O bandwith expansion -- for a cost, of course. Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Kelly Lipp Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:14 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Preferred TSM Platform I love it when somebody quotes me! Somebody is listening. I had this discussion with one of our customers yesterday. It really does/should boil down to the OS experience you have on hand. Does the AIX platform have more capacity/performance than the best Windows platform? I'm guessing it probably does. But at what cost? And then more importantly: do either of the platforms have enough for you? If both do, then pick the one that makes more sense based on your OS experience. And remember: one can always divide and conquer. Kelly Lipp CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 x7105 www.storserver.com -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Allen S. Rout Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 1:52 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform >> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:57:37 +0100, Henrik Vahlstedt <s...@statoilhydro.com> said: > Time to quote Kelly... > "So to me it's either AIX or Windows (yes, you can do a lot of TSM > on Windows once you get past the bigotry!). Choose whichever one > you have the most experience with." <gollum> Achhhh! It BURNS usss, nassssty windowsss.... </gollum> - Allen S. Rout - Prefers AIX for this. *koff* :) CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. 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