Mark, We been using a all disk backuppool for a number of years now. It's grown to 4TB, we just keep adding disk expansion to the server as we need more storage (We are now looking at the new ATA Raid Expansion Cabinets 3TB for $10,000). We backup 377 servers (80 to 100 GB total) nightly and growing. The TSM database is 15GB sitting on raid 10 with 15K rpm drives (very fast) , i also defrag the DB monthly. This is a dream setup and works very well, restores run in the blink of a eye. I run the TSM server by myself as a part-time duty. The only problem you'll have is figuring out what to do with all your free time.
The is a common topic on the list, search the achives at www.adsm.org. Let me know if you have any questions. John Synovus Synovus Makes FORTUNE '100 Best Companies To Work For' in America For Sixth Straight Year. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Hokanson, Mark Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM Disk Pool Management We are considering creating an extremely large TSM disk storage pool (IE: 1-10TB). The goal being to eliminate going to tape. Does anyone have any really BIG disk pools? Are there tools available for managing large TSM disk pools over time. (IE: Reclamation, Aging Data, etc) The documentation from Tivoli suggests that we need to set it up as a device type=FILE. What are the drawbacks using this approach? Is performance dramatically impacted? etc... Thanks in advance, Mark Hokanson Thomson Legal & Regulatory ----------------------------------------- NOTICE: This communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Unless you are the intended addressee, any review, reliance, dissemination, distribution, copying or use whatsoever of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this in error, please reply immediately and delete the material from all computers. Email sent through the Internet is not secure. Do not use email to send us confidential information such as credit card numbers, PIN numbers, passwords, Social Security Numbers, Account numbers, or other important and confidential information.
