On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:57:44AM -0500, Sergio Fuentes wrote:
> Any thoughts from anyone running a TSM server on Solaris?
I recently installed TSM 5.5.1 server code on a Sun X4540
("Thumper 2") with 2 x 2.3GHz quad-core Opterons, 32GB RAM, 48 x
1TB 7200RPM internal SATA disks, 3 PCIe slots, and
Alex Paschal writes:
>[...]
> Have a look at the 'fcstat' command recently introduced into AIX. This
> will output an unpleasant bunch of data, but some nice scripting can
> isolate the FC SCSI Traffic Input Bytes and Output Bytes lines for the
> desired HBA, even if the HBA doesn't have disk on
: Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)
And on this one . . .
Have you tried nmone with ^ ?
And what is the fcstat command in? AIX? Not in my man pages and find
doesn't show "fcstat".
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The fcstat was introduced in AIX 5.3.
It is included in the devices.common.IBM.fc.rte fileset.
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performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)
And on this one . . .
Have you tried nmone with ^ ?
And what is the fcstat command in? AIX? Not in my man pages and find
doesn't show "fcstat".
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Rick Saylor wrote:
>
> Instead of selecting 'a' on nmon try '^' instead. This will give you
> the FC adapter stats from fcstat. At least it does on version 12e
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Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape performance (was: Re: Preferred TSM Platform)
I wrote a small script to collect the snmp data from the Brocade fibre
switches and put the data into
An interesting source of tape drive performance data is the TSM server
itself, in the SUMMARY table.
Extract it with SELECT into a comma-delimited or tab-delimited file, and
then read it in to any popular statistical program like SPSS or SAS. You
have to match up the records for processes such as
I wrote a small script to collect the snmp data from the Brocade fibre
switches and put the data into Servergraph.
Next I created a report to graph the data and in that way we could see
historical data throughput and identified more than once a faulty tape
drive!
You definitely want to monitor your
Rick Saylor wrote:
>
> Instead of selecting 'a' on nmon try '^' instead. This will give you
> the FC adapter stats from fcstat. At least it does on version 12e of nmon.
Thanks, Rick! I was still running nmon 11e and didn't have this new
option (and I'm still at 5.3 TL8... at TL9 nmon is bundled i
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Wanda Prather wrote:
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Wanda Prather wrote:
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> And there is NO instrumentation in Windows to give you any idea whatever
> about what is going on performance-wise on a bus w
Instead of selecting 'a' on nmon try '^' instead. This will give you
the FC adapter stats from fcstat. At least it does on version 12e of nmon.
Rick Saylor
Austin Community College
At 04:59 AM 2/27/2009, you wrote:
Stef Coene wrote:
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> On Friday 27 February 2009, David Bronder wrote:
> >
> > U
On Friday 27 February 2009, David Bronder wrote:
> In my environment, at least, only fibre HBAs with disk connected to them
> appear in the nmon 'a'dapter screen, so my HBAs dedicated to tape drives
> are not listed. With 8 HBAs, 2 for LUNs and 6 for tape drives, I only see
> the 2 used for disk (
Stef Coene wrote:
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> On Friday 27 February 2009, David Bronder wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any real instrumentation in AIX
> > about tape drive performance, either. None of the standard AIX tools
> > seem to give tape-related information (e.g. iostat or nmon), either fo
On Friday 27 February 2009, David Bronder wrote:
> Wanda Prather wrote:
> > And there is NO instrumentation in Windows to give you any idea whatever
> > about what is going on performance-wise on a bus with tape drives
> > attached.
>
> Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any real instrumentati
Wanda Prather wrote:
>
> And there is NO instrumentation in Windows to give you any idea whatever
> about what is going on performance-wise on a bus with tape drives attached.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any real instrumentation in AIX
about tape drive performance, either. None of the
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and the co
On Feb 26, 2009, at 21:04 , Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote:
and the cost for AIX..
I'm not saying that's a good idea, but TSM is supported on Linux for
pSeries. OTOH Usually AIX is not a major cost factor and Windows is
not exactly free either
I prefer AIX, I've s
and the cost for AIX..
Orville Lantto
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This level of performanc
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Hey Tom.
I don't know that there's a "max" for the drive compression algorithm; it's
a function of the data.
I routinely see 2.1-2.2:1 on basic mixtures of file
ming full.
>
> I am glad to hear the X86 architecture scales this well - thanks, Kelly.
>
> Tom Kauffman
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On Feb 26, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Kelly Lipp wrote:
IBM x3850, dual quad core processors, 16GB, 7 PCI-E slots with four
2.5" 15K SAS 73GB drives (have to use external storage on this guy),
around $14K. Can have up to four quad core procs, 256GB memory.
This is one screaming dude when used with TSM.
e: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform
This level of performance is pretty near the bottom of the pSeries range, but a
comparable would be a pSeries 520 which could be had for this a similar price.
I just checked and a basic 520 is list priced below $12,000.
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I haven't checked AIX prices lately, but my last Dell 2900 with 8-1TB
drives (for the LZ) and 2-
ntto
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Those high end Windows boxes are priced similarly to equivalent (or
better) AIX boxes. Check
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I have to disagree with that. We routinely run multiple (up to six, and t
DB2 performs well on all platforms.
You just have to size memory and disk layout the correct way.
Aside from the Red books two good sources are:
Configuring and tuning Databases on the Solaris Platform by Allan N
Packer (a little dated but still good concepts)
Understanding DB2 Learning Visu
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Thos
Those high end Windows boxes are priced similarly to equivalent (or better) AIX
boxes. Check the benchmarks before deciding.
Orville L. Lantto
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Yup.
It boils down to Wanda&#
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Yup.
It boils down to Wanda's statement: "I/O, I/O, it's all about I/O" --- Wanda
Prather
If you can do the work with LTO-1 or -2 drives, or
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We're actually considering a new platform for future TSM servers simply
We're actually considering a new platform for future TSM servers simply because
we're not an AIX shop anymore (TSM being the lone holdout). We're not a very
good windows shop either, and our strength is really in Solaris and/or Linux,
technically speaking.
When I compare the hardware and LVM fea
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I love it when somebody quotes me! Somebody is listening.
I had this discussion with one of our customers yesterday. It really
does/should boil down to the OS experience you have on hand. Does the AIX
platform have more capacity/performance t
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>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:57:37 +0100, Henrik Vahlstedt
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> Time to quote Kelly...
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>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:57:37 +0100, Henrik Vahlstedt
>> said:
> Time to quote Kelly...
> "So to me it's either AIX or Windows (yes, you can do a lot of TSM
> on Windows once you get past the bigotry!). Choose whichever one
> you have the most experience with."
Ac! It BURNS usss, nass
On Feb 25, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Strand, Neil B. wrote:
consider Solaris
Actually I'm considering replacing my Linux TSM server with Solaris -
either SPARC or x86 - predominately because Solaris has a fast TCP/IP
stack, ZFS, and fewer driver issues than on Linux. Has anyone also
moved from Linux
This sounds like you did not turn off the RSM (Windows removable storage
management) service. RSM will take exclusive control of any tape/library
device, so this sounds like a configuration issue.
Library sharing and storage agents is functioning just as advertised on
both Linux, Windows and AIX (
x27;t.
Best Regards,
John D. Schneider
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If you are going to consider Solaris or HP for a TSM server, pause
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lovefest? Trying to troubl
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Time to quote Kelly...
"So to me it's either AIX or Windows (yes, you can do a lot of TSM on
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I would stick with AIX as the #1 Choice just because the combo of
hardware and OS are unbeatable for this kind of thing. I've seen
Windows Servers Choke
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> Hi
>
>
>
> I am sure this question has been asked many times, however with server
> and OS development what is the favored OS for TSM v5?
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> Hi
>
>
>
> I am sure this question has been asked many times, however with server
> and OS development what is the favored OS for TSM v5? I have always
> preferred AIX however never been keen on Solaris an
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Hi,
Use the OS you have the best support for in your shop. In our case we
have ITSM servers running on AIX and Windows.
Regards,
Karel Bos
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Hi
I am sure this question has been asked many times, however with server
and OS development what is the favored OS for TSM v5? I have always
preferred AIX however never been keen on Solaris and am considering
Windows instead.
Will v6 be
I have it on Windows OS, but i ll migrate it to AIX in the future...
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Remco Post wrote:
> On 25 feb 2009, at 11:30, Ian Smith wrote:
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>> Hi
>>
>
> Hi Ian, how's life?
>
>>
>>
>> I am sure this question has been asked many times, however with server
>> and OS deve
On 25 feb 2009, at 11:30, Ian Smith wrote:
Hi
Hi Ian, how's life?
I am sure this question has been asked many times, however with server
and OS development what is the favored OS for TSM v5? I have always
preferred AIX however never been keen on Solaris and am considering
Windows instead.
Hi
I am sure this question has been asked many times, however with server
and OS development what is the favored OS for TSM v5? I have always
preferred AIX however never been keen on Solaris and am considering
Windows instead.
Will v6 be compatible with the Windows platform?
Ian Smith
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