Re: Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 Thread Remco Post
On 23 okt 2009, at 00:13, Dury, John C. wrote: We are currently running TSM server v5530 under AIX. The AIX server has a mixture of different speed (266mhz and 133mhz, both 64bit) PCI- X slots. With 4 4g HBAs. Our system is connected to a Clariion CX3-80 where the TSM DB and Recovery Log and Dis

Re: Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 Thread Mehdi Salehi
According to IBM, AIX outperforms Linux on the same box between 5% to 10%. Maturity, flexibility and reliability of AIX and POWER architecture in my opinion make it a far better choice for such a critical service. (I am not against Intel) I wonder why you don't configure lan-free scenario instead

Tape Status in ISC?

2009-10-23 Thread Christian Svensson
Hi *SMers, Try to learn the ISC on request from a customer. (Don't know why). But I want to get "Access status" or "q vol f=d" from a tape volume in ISC. Does anyone know where to go to find that?. ISC version 6.1.0.0 Best Regards Christian Svensson Cell: +46-70-325 1577 E-mail: christian.sve

Re: VCB fullvm Proxy Server - opinions?

2009-10-23 Thread Schaub, Steve
Wanda, The way Storserver scheduling works is that you create a schedule, assign the nodes to it, and Storserver uses the "maximum concurrent backups" setting to keep as many plates spinning as you told it, until they are complete. That way, if your proxy server is struggling, or has extra hea

Re: Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 Thread Jerry Michalak
I had a similar setup about 2 years ago and ran into some throughput problems also. First, you need to measure the speed of tape output when doing migrations, disk-to-tape, and some sort of tape-to-tape processes. I found with my setup that I was getting faster transfer speed when doing tape-to

Re: Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 Thread Shawn Drew
# IMNSHO, IBM pSeries hardware is the best there is for large I/O # workloads. I've seen AIX do things that Linux wouldn't survive. I've always wondered about this. We have p570s and we can throw anything at them, and they won't even breath hard. But if you spent $100K on p-series, and $100K on

Re: Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 Thread Richard Sims
On Oct 23, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Mehdi Salehi wrote: According to IBM, AIX outperforms Linux on the same box between 5% to 10%. ... Well, there is a single AIX product, but many versions of Linux (unfortunately). Without a citation for the claim, it's not clear that the assertion is true. A furt

Re: Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 Thread Kelly Lipp
I studied this in some detail as it obviously comes up often in my practice. If one reads the IBM documentation on the latest x3850/x3950 M2 one will observe that the data paths within that architecture are actually faster than in the latest pSeries hardware. That said, Windows or Linux ineffi

Re: Tape Status in ISC?

2009-10-23 Thread Carol Trible
Hi Christian, I"m not sure what you mean by "Access status" - if you mean q status, some of the information is in the server properties notebook. From any panel with a list of servers, select y our server and the action Server Properties. The information on whether or not is is managed or is a

IBM FTP server asking for userid and password

2009-10-23 Thread Gretchen L. Thiele
Is there any reason why ftp.software.ibm.com is asking for a userid and password now? I've rerouted all requests for TSM software to index.storsys.ibm.com, but this one can be flakey at times, too. I did try userid=anonymous and password=email, but no luck. Gretchen Thiele Princeton University

Re: IBM FTP server asking for userid and password

2009-10-23 Thread Joe Crnjanski
Try this: ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/ I think this is same as ftp.software.ibm.com Joe Crnjanski Infinity Network Solutions Inc. Phone: 416-235-0931 x226 Fax: 416-235-0265 Web:www.infinitynetwork.com -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist St

Re: IBM FTP server asking for userid and password

2009-10-23 Thread Francisco Molero
Hi, you could test this web page. you won't need to authenficate. http://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/ - Mensaje original De: Gretchen L. Thiele Para: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Enviado: vie,23 octubre, 2009 19:39 Asunto: IBM FTP server asking for userid and pas

Re: IBM FTP server asking for userid and password

2009-10-23 Thread Laughlin, Lisa
Hmm, You can go directly to ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance for instance, and it doesn't ask thanks! lisa > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf > Of Gretchen L. Thiel

Re: Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 Thread Paul Zarnowski
Kelly, At 11:27 AM 10/23/2009, Kelly Lipp wrote: >If one reads the IBM documentation on the latest x3850/x3950 M2 one will >observe that the data paths within that architecture are actually faster than >in the latest pSeries hardware. I'm curious - does your analysis include the number of busse

Re: IBM FTP server asking for userid and password

2009-10-23 Thread Gretchen L. Thiele
Thanks to all for your responses. The userid/password prompts are now gone. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Laughlin, Lisa Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 2:21 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM FTP server aski

Re: Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 Thread Kelly Lipp
Paul, Yes, the bus structures are similar and in the x M2 variants faster. I just attempted to lay my hands on a the technical paper I read about this to no avail and I'm struggling to recreate the search I used to find it originally. When I went after that is was my intent to confirm that th

Re: Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 Thread Kelly Lipp
I found it! http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4362.pdf Actually a fairly fun read. Way cool technology. I'm sure it will show up in the pSeries soon anyway so the hardware issues become further blurred. Kelly Lipp Chief Technical Officer www.storserver.com 719-266-8777 x7105 STOR

Re: Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 Thread Paul Zarnowski
I didn't read the whole thing, but it looks like there are only 7 I/O slots? Does it have RIO drawers similar to the higher end pSeries? At 03:46 PM 10/23/2009, Kelly Lipp wrote: >I found it! > >http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4362.pdf > >Actually a fairly fun read. Way cool tech

Re: IBM FTP server asking for userid and password

2009-10-23 Thread Nicholas Kovacs
Hi Gretchen, The ftp site ftp.software.ibm.com should not be requiring a user name and password. I just checked the ftp site after seeing your message and it looks like the ftp site is running into a problem. I don't see any of the files or directories that should be there. I'll see if

Re: Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux

2009-10-23 Thread Kelly Lipp
Seven slots, but you can stack up to four servers to get to 28 slots. Kelly Lipp Chief Technical Officer www.storserver.com 719-266-8777 x7105 STORServer solves your data backup challenges. Once and for all. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu]