I think the most interesting question is still unanswered: how much
performance do I gain with raw volumes? More exactly: how much less time
will an expiration take on a 100 GB TSM data base? I don't think raw volumes
would make sense for disk caches.

Does anyone have experience in this area?

Best regards
Gerhard

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