Go with the Dell, it has more bus bandwidth and will have lower
maintenance costs.

Orville L. Lantto
Datatrend Technologies, Inc.  (http://www.datatrend.com)
IBM Premier Business Partner
121 Cheshire Lane, Suite 700
Minnetonka, MN 55305
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Subject
Comparison of TSM server on old AIX RS/6000 vs Linux/Dell XEON






We are trying to decide which direction to go for a new TSM server, given
limited funds.

We have an old 7026-H50 RS/6000 system available (2-CPU, 2GB RAM).

Or should we go with a new Dell dual-XEON box running RH Linux ?

What are you opinions/thoughts/experiences with these kinds of
configurations ?