Great question.  Specifically, I'd like to know how much journal based
backups reduce the millions-of-little-files problem, i.e., TSM client spends
all its time walking a huge directory tree, only to discover that there's
little or nothing to back up.

(Of course, this problem can occur with Unix systems too - so if journal
based backups is the fix, when will it be there for unix?)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Len Boyle
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 6:33 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: tsm 4.2 new features for windows nt perf
>
>
> Hello
>
> Here is a small extract from the ann letter on the new tsm 4.2 product.
> This sounds like a great new feature.
> Is there anyone that can expand on the new windows Journal based backups?
>
>
>
>
>         WINDOWS ENHANCEMENTS
>         JOURNAL-BASED BACKUPS -- TSM client journaling improves
>  overall incremental backup performance for Windows NT and Windows
>  2000 clients.  Performance is improved because the files to be backed
>  up are tracked in a journal.  Journal-based backups eliminate the
>  need for the client to scan the local file system or query the server
>  to determine which files to process.  It also reduces network traffic
>  between the client and server.
>
>
> Thanks len boyle
>