Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-06-25 Thread Ben Bullock
ralizations from one data point. Ben -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Lipp Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 1:38 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun. I'll be very interested in the outcome

Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-06-13 Thread Mark Stapleton
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Richard Sims On May 20, 2007, at 8:50 AM, Michael Bartl wrote: > But the good thing is, that (even without a reason) the problems were > gone when we started to use raw devices instead of filesystems. ... Makes one wonder if excessive, delayed file system

Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-05-21 Thread Ben Bullock
, May 20, 2007 7:03 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun. On May 20, 2007, at 8:50 AM, Michael Bartl wrote: > But the good thing is, that (even without a reason) the problems were > gone when we started to use raw devices instead of filesystems. ... Mak

Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-05-20 Thread Richard Sims
On May 20, 2007, at 8:50 AM, Michael Bartl wrote: But the good thing is, that (even without a reason) the problems were gone when we started to use raw devices instead of filesystems. ... Makes one wonder if excessive, delayed file system sync operations were the issue, in writes. This might

Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-05-20 Thread Michael Bartl
Ben, on Solaris we had similar performance problems, and we also didn't find a reason for the problems. But the good thing is, that (even without a reason) the problems were gone when we started to use raw devices instead of filesystems. After weeks of playing with filesystem options we tried to

Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-05-16 Thread Ben Bullock
ached storage on that host to see if the iSCSI is part of the issue. Thanks, Ben -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Rhodes Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 6:00 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Poor TSM server performance o

Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-05-16 Thread Richard Rhodes
Hi, Here are some thouthgs/comments to think about and/or look at . . . I assume you are running Gigabit Ethernet. CHeck that the nic is indeed running at GE, and not 100mb. The log/db/stgpool, how are they setup on the clariion? Are they all residing on the same set of spindles? Are you real

Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-05-15 Thread Dave Canan
Ben, please let me know what the PMR number is when you open it with Tivoli. I will take a look at the trace for the problem. Can you cut and paste more of the trace in the post, or send it to me at the IBM email address below? Also, the Acquie Xlatch category of the server trace is seen when an

Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-05-14 Thread Ben Bullock
Which piece of the set-up do you think is the issue? The iSCSI? Sun OS? The alignment of the planets? ;-) Ben -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Lipp Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 1:38 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Poor

Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-05-14 Thread Kelly Lipp
think is the issue? The iSCSI? Sun OS? The alignment of the planets? ;-) Ben -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Lipp Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 1:38 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun. I&

Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-05-14 Thread Ben Bullock
, 2007 1:38 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun. I'll be very interested in the outcome of this one! I guess I'm not surprised that it's slow. I will be surprised if it ever works well. But that's just me! Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufactur

Re: Poor TSM server performance on Sun.

2007-05-14 Thread Kelly Lipp
I'll be very interested in the outcome of this one! I guess I'm not surprised that it's slow. I will be surprised if it ever works well. But that's just me! Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -