IMHO, It's not about the nodes, it's about the number of managed objects and the I/O throughput in TB per day (and the size of the DB, if you are still on V5). Have had 2 different customers where ONE node (an imaging app, naturally) occupied > 50% of the TSM DB. Really.
I usually don't see more than about 200-300 nodes per server, but those are older sites that started out as V5 or earlier, and so were limited by the size of the DB. I would be interested in hearing from folks who have consolidated on V6 and done merges with larger numbers of clients. Use the IBM recs for RAM: 16G minimum for any V6, 24 is better, 32G if using dedup. And I think a Windows V6 server should be Win2K8 64 bit, I/O throughput appears to be much better than Win2K3 or 32 bit. W -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Vandeventer, Harold [BS] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 4:01 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Nodes per TSM server There are all kinds of measures involved in setting up a TSM server; processor, RAM, disk I/O, stg pool design, reclamation, migration, all the bits and pieces. But, I'm curious about how many nodes some of you have on your TSM servers? I'm in a Windows environment, and have been tasked with "consolidating". Also, about how much memory is on those systems. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------ Harold Vandeventer Systems Programmer State of Kansas - Office of Information Technology Services harold.vandeven...@ks.gov (785) 296-0631 [Confidentiality notice:] *********************************************************************** This e-mail message, including attachments, if any, is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message, including all copies, Thank you. ***********************************************************************
