Agreed. We have three AIX servers in our studio--out of over 1000
servers and workstations--and those are our TSM servers.

Granted, we are a Unix shop, but as most non-AIX Unix admins will
tell you, AIX can be a very different beast. Nevertheless, the
amount of adminstrative work we have had to do on these boxes
over the past five years (yes, *five* years) has been negligible.

To bring in another thread, we are moving our TSM servers to
Linux, but not as a result of a disappointment with AIX, simply
keeping in line with corporate strategy.

 -- Tom

Thomas A. La Porte, Dreamworks SKG
<mailto:tlaporte AT anim.dreamworks DOT com>

On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Dan Goodman wrote:

>Mark Cini wrote:
>
> > ...
>> We haven't purchased any hardware yet for TSM, as management wants to be
>> sure we pick the right combination.  I am leaning towards TSM server
>> running on Win2000 because of our current in-house expertise.
>>
>> We are excited about the capabilities of TSM combined with an estimated
>> $100k savings over the next year in hardware replacement costs alone.
>
>Have you considered that perhaps the reason you have more inhouse Win2k
>expertise is because Win2k requires more support expertise?
>
>Don't forget to factor in the Win2k support costs, and be sure to get
>actuals from other users, not just published whitepapers.
>
>A word to the wise...
>
>AIX is a scalable, reliable workhorse, and is the native platform for
>TSM. These are not things that should not be overlooked, IMHO.
>
>Dan Goodman
>Systems Engineer Specialist
>Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
>215-503-6808
>
><Daniel.Goodman AT mail.tju.edu>
>
>