Can the upper management get any more vague with their request?
Throughput of what, data being backed up...data being restored...what?
Personally, my concerns lay in Disaster Recovery, because that's where
the rubber meets the road.  It also depends upon the size of your files
and whether your data is collocated, are you running older SCSI drives
or newer fiber drives?  It all makes a difference.

Sincerely,


Bruce A. Tamulis, CNA
LDS Support Tech III
616-752-6573
tamulisb AT trinity-health DOT org

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>>> melburn.dennis AT SIEMENS DOT COM Tuesday, May 16, 2006 >>>
My upper management has asked that I compare the performance of a
Linux-based TSM server to a Windows-based one in terms of throughput.
We currently use Windows TSM servers.  Before I start doing any in
depth
testing and research, has anyone else done this type of comparison and
if so, what were your findings?


Mel Dennis
Systems Engineer - IT743
Siemens Power Generation
4400 Alafaya Trail
Orlando, FL 32826
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Email:  melburn.dennis AT siemens DOT com