Cyndi,

Try getting some literature on the IBM 3466 Network Storage Manager, Model
A01.  Sounds like it would be a good fit for you.  See IBM's ADSM web site
for further info on the NSM.

Keenan D Stratton
DMR Consulting Group
Keenan AT Webname DOT com


On Tuesday, March 10, 1998 1:20 PM, Cyndi Wood x7440
[SMTP:SNOCKW AT VMS.SAS DOT COM] wrote:
| We are in the process of setting up another ADSM server to backup about
| 2,000 new PC laptop clients running NT 4.0. We are guessing that
| the rate data will change on each client is about 5MB per day.
|
| Is there anyone out there backing up a similar number of NT clients? What
| types of ADSM servers are you using? Anyone using an NT server? What
| types of libraries/silos are you using? We are trying to determine what
| type of hardware will scale well for 2,000+ clients.
|
| Thanks for any input you can give me.
|
| Cyndi
|
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