I am aware of the TSM design that says the more disk volumes you have, the
more it will spread out the I/O for better performance. I also realize a
lot of this doesn't really apply what with RAID-5, EMC SAN, multi-terabyte
storage, etc.
So, at what point does having lots of smaller volumes (for a disk LZ), not
give you any more benefit, I/O wise?
I have a 5.3TB SAN space on my new 6.2.2.0 server. Originally, I started
formatting 200GB volumes then moved to 300GB, up to 25-volumes.
Now I am adding another 5.3TB space and was wondering if I should continue
with 300GB or jump to 500GB?
Simultaneous sessions should not be an issue since most of these backups
are Domino TDP and therefore single thread. I don't think there is a peak
of more than 60-simultaneous sessions.
The TSM server is a Dell T710 with 48GB RAM and 15K internal disk for the
DB & Logs.
Your thoughts?
Zoltan Forray
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
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