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 STORServer solves your data backup challenges. Once and for all. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Zarnowski Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:43 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Performance and migration: AIX vs Linux 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 busses available? I know that the pSeries has quite a lot of busses to drive all of its adapters. I'm not as familiar with the xSeries, so I don't know if there is a model available that has a comparable number of busses. It's not just the speed, it's the overall throughput that most concerns me. Sure, I could have more smaller xSeries servers, but then I would have more resource baskets to manage. Thanks for sharing. ..Paul -- Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Services Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: p...@cornell.edu