I inherited a TSM environment all running on Windows. So I was stuck
with the OS.

I have deployed multiple HP ML570 servers, twin xeon, 3GB memory. Big
PCIe buses at the back end. Have 7 LTO2 and 7 LTO3 and have seen the
server pretty much pushing them all full bore. Throughput is very good,
I would say the windows boxes seem to suffer when it comes to the actual
DB processing.

Not sure how much the p-series box is, but the ML570 server was less
than 10k GBP.

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Ian Smith
SAN/TSM Specialist



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Allen S. Rout
Sent: 21 April 2006 14:13
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Dell Server for TSM Server ?

>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:35:20 -0400, "Seliger, Corey S."
<seliger AT PURDUE DOT EDU> said:


> Allow me to spin the question ever so slightly:

> PC Server Hardware (like Dells) --OR-- IBM p-Series Hardware?

> We are in the planning phases of a TSM rollout and our consultant is 
> pushing us towards the p-Series line (somewhere in the neighborhood of

> a 550). We are deploying in a pretty large environment, so it sounds 
> justifiable. I suppose I am looking for a "second opinion" of sorts, 
> just to make sure we're getting the best bang for our buck.


I'll give a big "Me Too" on the "p-series" side.  The I/O performance on
the pseries boxes is just superb.

- Allen S. Rout
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