On Jan 10, 2006, at 9:35 AM, David Browne wrote:

I have a Window's 2000 SP4 client (with 8 GB of system RAM) running
TSM
5.3.0.8 that has two TB of data and around 22 million files in
approximately 11 million directories.

The data is on one drive and must stay on one drive due to application
requirements.

Looking for suggestions on how to complete a backup without running
out of
memory?

David - This is a frequently discussed Windows topic (see the List
archives).

The essence of your issue is that your file system has outstripped
the capabilities of your (old) operating system. Windows 2000 is a 32-
bit operating system with artificial addressing constraints, as seen
in MS knowledgebase articles like Q142719. You can compensate for
this as described in the client manual topic "Configure memory-
constrained workstations to run incremental backups". Ultimately, you
want a modern operating system, preferably 64-bit. You might also see
if the client administrator can effect changes in usage there so that
the directory structure makes more sense, as it seems very
disproportionate.

   Richard Sims