Have in mind that LTO is not so good for *any* HSM due to long mount time.
Usually IBM 359x/STK 9x40 will provide you much faster recall.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant






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It will be the lastest DiskXtender2000 product and host will be
Windows2000
server, TSM Client 5.1.6 and TSM server 5.1.7.2 on AIX 5.2 64-bit (p630
processor) connected SCSI to IBM3584 LTO1 with 3-drives.

Bill

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I tried it a couple of years ago and it was terrible.  What version of
Diskextender are you running?  What os and version of TSM are you running?

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Case [mailto:justin.case AT DUKE DOT EDU]
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FYIYes I am running DiskXtenderon a Windows powered (w2k) Nas 300G with 11
million files and I am not Pleased
at all with the response times when we have to fetch files from tape.
Using
Tivoli Storage Manger ion the back end,
have been running it for about 2 years.

Justin Case
Duke University
919 684-3421




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I have a client that wants to install DiskXtender on a Windows2000 server.
Anyone have experience doing/running this? Pitfalls..things to look out
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Bill Boyer
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