Hi,

We have AIX 4.3.3 on a P660, TSM Server 4.2 and TDP for R/3 V3.2. We want to
be able to backup/restore 200Gbytes/Hour using 4 parallel 3590E's. To do
this
we will be putting in a Cisco Gigabit switch. My questions are

1) Will a single Gigabit without compression be able to meet this? I
calculate
gigabit at 50-60% utilization.

2) To improve availability we are considering Etherchannel. Can you mix
100Base T
and Gigabit? If yes, will the connection still work if you lose either?

Kind regards

Mike Wiggan,
Infrastructure Integration Specialist
Petroleum Devlopment Oman LLC
(michael.ma.wiggan AT pdo.co DOT om)