Steve,

I noticed on the adsm-l you said your database is 56 GB's.  Are you using
raw volumes?

The reason I ask is because my database is only 8 GB's and when I had to
recover my server (twice) it took over 6 hours to format the disk and
restore.  We are currently using VxFS and I have been thinking about
switching to raw to see if there is a performance improvement.

Thanks for your help,

Becky Buechler
Schneider National Inc.




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From: Steven P Roder
To: ADSM-L
Subject: Re: ADSM-Server on Sun Sever
Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 7:53AM

On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Steven P Roder wrote:

> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > Has anyone experience (good or bad) running ADSM-Server on a Sun?
> > We are planning a new ADSM Server, currently we use IBM RS/6000 H50 with
> > IBM3494 Tapelibrary with 6 3590 Drives and 20TB Storrage.
>
> Yes.  We have a E3002 with 2GB of memory and 2 3575-L12's attached to it,
> each with 8 3570-C1A drives.

That should be 4 drives in each 3575-L12 for a total of 8 drives.  I also
use a DLT4700 (1 DLT4000, 7 tapes) for my DBBackups.  My DB is 56GB
assigned, with 75% in use.

> We also are in the process of setting up a second server on AIX on an F50
> with internal SSA disk, soon to be attached to a 3494 with 4 3590 drives.
>
> I know Solaris much better than AIX, which I am just starting top learn.
> The problems we have had with ADSM on Solaris are almost always ADSM
> issues, and not at all related to the underlying OS.
>
> If there are any specific issues you have concerns about, ask away...


Steve (unVMix Systems Programmer/Dude) Roder
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