Hmm...

        So from the responses posted so far, it looks like those folks
with smaller databases (there are a couple posts from folks with ~3GB of
utilized DB space) are the only ones who seem to be getting the mythical
>5M objects/hour on expirations.

        Those of us with larger DBs seem to be getting only in the <1M
objects/hour range. Now that I see the other posts, I guess I don't feel
like such an under-achiever anymore ;-)


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Here's the stats from one of my servers:
IBM P-series M80
        8CPUs, 6GB RAM.
AIX 5.2 ML1
TSM Server version 5.2.1.3
TSM DB - ~35GB on SSA D40 drawers w/fastwrite cache turned on. JBOD
configuration.

ACTIVITY                     Date                    Pages backed Up/Hr
------------------     ----------     ---------------------------------
FULL_DBBACKUP          2004-09-02                              17272800
FULL_DBBACKUP          2004-09-02                              17272800
FULL_DBBACKUP          2004-09-03                              18475200
FULL_DBBACKUP          2004-09-04                              18666000
FULL_DBBACKUP          2004-09-05                              18961200
FULL_DBBACKUP          2004-09-06                              18442800
FULL_DBBACKUP          2004-09-07                              18640800
FULL_DBBACKUP          2004-09-08                              18608400
FULL_DBBACKUP          2004-09-09                              18597600
FULL_DBBACKUP          2004-09-10                              18885600
-----------
ACTIVITY                     Date                Objects Examined Up/Hr
ACTIVITY                     Date                Objects Examined Up/Hr
------------------     ----------     ---------------------------------
EXPIRATION             2004-09-02                                964800
EXPIRATION             2004-09-02                                964800
EXPIRATION             2004-09-03                                270000
EXPIRATION             2004-09-04                                306000
EXPIRATION             2004-09-05                                291600
EXPIRATION             2004-09-06                                248400
EXPIRATION             2004-09-07                                302400
EXPIRATION             2004-09-08                                288000
EXPIRATION             2004-09-09                                594000
EXPIRATION             2004-09-10                                306000

        FWIW, it seems like over the last few years, every time I
upgrade the TSM server to the next version (TSM 4.1 -> 5.1 -> 5.2) I've
noticed a slowdown in the speed of the expiration process. 

Ben