ADSM-L

Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files

2001-02-26 13:24:45
Subject: Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files
From: Per Ekman <pek AT PDC.KTH DOT SE>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:25:08 +0100
bbullock <bbullock AT MICRON DOT COM> writes:

>         Jeff,
>         You hit the nail on the head of what is the biggest problem I face
> with TSM today. Excuse me for being long winded, but let me explain the boat
> I'm in, and how it relates to many small files.
<snip>
>         Any other options or suggestions from the group? Any other backup
> solutions you have in place for tracking many files over longer periods of
> time?

How about taking a native dump of the filesystems and either backing
up just the dump, or store it using the archive function? It may not
be very elegant, but sounds better than renaming the node every day :)

/Per