Corey,
 
IMHO I would certainly go for the pSeries. It's much more flexible and 
powerfull than the Intel based boxes.
If you must go for the Intel box, I would choose Linux (RedHat or SuSe) as the 
OS.
 
I've done lost of TSM Servers and the ones running on RS/6000 and pSeries 
always come out on top.
I had an RS/6000 H50 (this was an old box with 4 CPU's and 3GB memory) which 
would outperform an Intel dual-Xeon with equal memory (running on W2K3).
 
Richard.

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Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager namens Seliger, Corey S.
Verzonden: do 20-4-2006 22:35
Aan: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Onderwerp: Re: [ADSM-L] Dell Server for TSM Server ?



Allow me to spin the question ever so slightly:

PC Server Hardware (like Dells) --OR-- IBM p-Series Hardware?

We are in the planning phases of a TSM rollout and our consultant is
pushing us towards the p-Series line (somewhere in the neighborhood of a
550). We are deploying in a pretty large environment, so it sounds
justifiable. I suppose I am looking for a "second opinion" of sorts,
just to make sure we're getting the best bang for our buck.

Thanks!
Corey

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Corey S. Seliger
Systems Administrator
Web Services
IT Infrastructure
Information Technology at Purdue

Tel: 765-496-6597

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Justin Case
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 9:16 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Dell Server for TSM Server ?

Since we have to test the Dell server with Linux OS for TSM server, I
have
listed questions.

What size of the Dell server's are folks deploying 6850 or 2850 ?
How many CPU ?
How much Memory ?

Thanks

Justin Case
Duke University