Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences

2003-07-09 Thread David McClelland
land Global Management Systems Reuters, London -Original Message- From: Wheelock, Michael D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 July 2003 18:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [spam] Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences Hi, If you have fibre connected LTO drives, one really simpl

Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences

2003-07-08 Thread Chris Murphy
>What is the best way to determine what your throughput is for each process? Are you just going by the activity log? I have measured it a couple of ways. As many have said, from the switch ports is an excellent (though manual) process. Be warned there is a slight FC overhead on every frame, and

Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences

2003-07-08 Thread Marc D. Taylor
Gerald, I am glad you asked this question as I was thinking of posting a similar question myself. Here is our configuration: IBM F50 4-way AIX 4.3.3 ML 11 1 GB RAM Overland Neo 4000 library with 4 Seagate LTO-1 drives, hardware compression on 2 6205 Ultra2 SCSI Interface cards (2 drives per/port

Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences

2003-07-08 Thread Dan Foster
Another comment... LTO numbers should probably be reported as being LTO-1 or LTO-2. LTO-1 max uncompressed is 15 MB/sec, max compressed is 30 MB/sec; LTO-2 max uncompressed is 35 MB/sec, max compressed is 70 MB/sec. This assumes a typical average compression ratio of 2:1, of course. We use tapeut

Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences

2003-07-08 Thread David E Ehresman
>What is the best way to determine what your throughput is for each >process? Are you just going by the activity log? One of the many things Servergraph/TSM (http://www.servergraph.com) will report for you is thoughput rates for the various TSM processes. David Ehresman University of Louisville

Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences

2003-07-08 Thread Shawn Price
Hey, good tip.. I'll check that one out. Thanks! Shawn > From: "Wheelock, Michael D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:40:52 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LT

Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences

2003-07-08 Thread Wheelock, Michael D
chael Wheelock Integris Health of Oklahoma -Original Message- From: Shawn Price [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 12:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences What is the best way to determine what your throughput is for each pr

Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences

2003-07-08 Thread Guillaume Gilbert
par : "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pour : [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc : Objet : Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences >I'm curious as to what kind of MB/sec throughput people are seeing with TSM and LTO drives. It varies drastically for us based upon the

Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences

2003-07-08 Thread Shawn Price
What is the best way to determine what your throughput is for each process? Are you just going by the activity log? Thanks! Shawn >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/08/03 1:34 PM >>> >I'm curious as to what kind of MB/sec throughput people are seeing with TSM and LTO drives. It varies drastically for us

Re: LTO throughput - real world experiences

2003-07-08 Thread Chris Murphy
>I'm curious as to what kind of MB/sec throughput people are seeing with TSM and LTO drives. It varies drastically for us based upon the objects being moved, of course. 10-15MB/s / drive is normal for us overall. >How many MB/sec does a migration process produce in your environment? We achieve a