We're considering using HSM for storing large object-size files. I'm curious if folks using HSM have comments on what the practical object limit is for one HSM-managed filesystem. I.e., how many obje
Paul - Speaking from experience running HSM on AIX JFS for many years: Applied to a file system, HSM turns it into the slowest you've ever experienced, even on the fastest RS/6000 and disk systems. T
Author: "Stapleton, Mark" <mark.stapleton AT BERBEE DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:57:07 -0500
I just want to toss in my two cents on a procedural issue: HSM is a legacy infrastructure that was originally implemented for mainframe systems 50 years ago. It was built in a day when hard disk was
Mark - I agree with your point that modern disk is cheap to purchase, which can reduce the value of HSM. However, many computer rooms are struggling with the heat and power issues of a lot of rack mo
Mark, I agree that HSM's value has diminished over time, and I also question whether there is still a place for it. We used TSM's HSM once before, many years ago, and abandoned it when the cost of di
HSM has been nothing but a headache for us. It's a vicious, horrible piece of code. We've been running TSM for 8 years and have been very, very happy with it--except for the data that was lost in an