If I were going to be in the x86 family, I would move into the larger platforms with more processors and more PCI-E slots. So the HP DL580 I think would be your best bet. That will reduce the 5x cost benefit somewhat but provide you with more flexibility. Consider the IBM x3850 M2 server. These are great boxes and IBM will continue to love and support you. And perhaps a bit cheaper than HP. Similar to my comment about Windows vs. Unix below, if you have a ton of HP stuff in your site now, go with HP.
Linux or Windows then. Hmmm. I'm not a Linux guy so I would choose windows. If most of your clients are windows and most of your internal IT knowledge is Windows, stay Windows. If you have the Linux expertise, then use that. Won't make much difference to TSM (I know, I know, Windows for I/O sucks and all that, which BTW is contrary to what I know and believe...). You can probably buy two x86 and split the load and still save money over the mongo AIX box. I'd rather do that. Kelly Lipp CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 x7105 www.storserver.com -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam Sheppard Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 11:51 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Server Platform Upgrade We are currently running 3 TSM servers at Version 5.5, two on z/OS and the third on a Solaris 10 box. We have been tasked to combine these into one. The current Solaris system is on a Sun V240 w/8GB memory: Around 400 clients (combined) including a 3TB Exchange system, and a fairly large SAP implemtation in development on MS SQL Server, several Oracle boxes, and a large number of Windows servers. Total database size (Solaris) is around 80GB, expiration runs about two hours. z/OS databases total 50GB. 8 TS1120 tape drives in a 3494 ATL. 1.2TB array for storage pools and database on the Solaris server which we are currently trying to separate. Total daily backup volume is around 1TB with additional weekly backups of 9TB. I am the TSM guy and the z/OS systems programmer and as such don't really have a feel for hardware sizing or configuration on the Unix side of things and so have to rely on our Unix guys. I suggested that AIX would be the preferred platform for this implementation with another Solaris box having the advantage of not requiring converting the exist- ing one. They came up with the following options with their favorite being the x86(HP) with Linux because it is much cheaper and they claim would be more powerful. The AIX and Sun configurations are similar in price at around 5 times the x86. Thought, comments, considerations? What are people using for disk storage pools and would the internal drives on these boxes be adequate? I'm also in the process of freeing one array on our ESS800 (Shark) for fiber connection to this configuration. Here are the proposed options: IBM Power 550 Express HP DL380 G5 Up to 8 cores and 256GB RAM Up to 8 cores and 64GB RAM Six 300GB internal SAS 15k drives Eight 146GB internal SAS 15k drives Three PCIe and two PCI-X slots Four PCIe slots Dual port 10 GB Ethernet card 4 GB fiber channel cards - x2 Thanks Sam Sheppard San Diego Data Processing Corp. (858)-581-9668