Re: TSM database write performance
2003-12-04 08:54:17
Hi Wolfgang,
I'd recommend looking into the following parameters for AIX/TSM in your server
options file:
AIXASYNCIO YES
AIXDIRECTIO YES
MIRRORWRITE DB PARALLEL
Good luck-
John
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Subject: TSM database write performance
(TSM server 5.1.6.5 on AIX 5.1 with essentially standard options)
>From observing DSMSERV's I/O behaviour via "topas",
I get the impression that it *writes* to the database volumes
(currently 14 files each covering a whole JFS-mirrored SSA disk)
in essentially single-threaded fashion, i.e. never exceeding
the I/O rate that you would expect from a single disk.
This is quite different from the *read* behaviour, where
many disks (= DB volumes) are being used in parallel.
Is there some tuning option that would allow for a higher
write I/O rate, or is the sequential processing of writes
fundamental to TSM's database operation?
I didn't find anything pertinent in the "Quickfacts" ...
What write I/O rates do you see?
Wolfgang J. Moeller, Tel. +49 551 201-1516/-1510, moeller AT gwdvms.dnet.gwdg
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