Fellow TSMers I have a question regarding compression and 3590 drives. I must apologise that I am not the most technically minded person, so responses in laymen's terms are most appreciated.
Set-up TSM 3.7.3.8 Server running on a Solaris 7 box Attached to an IBM 3494 library with two 3590 drives I understand that compression can be done from the client side, but have been told that hardware compression can be a lot better and quicker. Can anyone tell me how to find out if 3590 hardware compression is in use, and how to set it up is it isn't (or pointers in the right direction). At the moment our drives are enabled as follows:- Library Name Drive Name Device Type Device ON LINE ------------ ------------ ----------- ---------------- ------------------- 3494A DRIVE1 3590 /dev/rmt/3stc Yes 3494A DRIVE2 3590 /dev/rmt/5stc Yes Thanks in advance for any help Farren Minns