FYI - the controllers for the fast-T line are made by LSI
and the controllers are the heart & soul of this product.
If you want to put vendor against vendor, STK uses the
same LSI controllers in its D173, 9176 & D178 product line.
I think LSI sells them directly too, I am not sure what the
names are.
Each vendor may add some tweaks but the important functionality
and performance should be the same.
Hope this helps,
Bill
At 09:23 AM 8/8/2002, you wrote:
>What kind of restrictions are you talking about. I am looking into getting
>either a fastT500 or fastT700 for our TSM server in the next few months. Any
>information anyone can provide about how well they work with TSM would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Jeffrey S. Brunt
>
>>>> Lloyd Dieter <dieter AT SNRGY DOT COM> 08/07 10:51 am >>>
>I have set it up on AIX, Sun & MS...as long as you adhere to the
>restrictions (which are fairly well documented), you should be fine.
>
>-Lloyd
>
>
>On Wed, 7 Aug 2002 09:43:13 -0400
>"Ford, Phillip" <phillip.ford AT SPCORP DOT COM> wrote:
>
>> I do not have personal experience with this but my CE was in here
>> yesterday and had been working on a problem all night and still not
>> resolved with FastT and AIX. He told me to stay clear of it. He said
>> it was a nightmare. They were having trouble with support due to the
>> people that knew FastT did not know AIX and vise versa. These are my 2
>> cents worth and nobody else's.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Phillip Ford
>> Senior Software Specialist
>> Corporate Computer Center
>> Schering-Plough Corp.
>> (901) 320-4462
>> (901) 320-4856 FAX
>> phillip.ford AT spcorp DOT com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Schneider [mailto:jdschn AT ATTGLOBAL DOT NET]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 5:37 PM
>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject: TSM using a FastT?
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Are any of you using a IBM FastT Storage Server with TSM, for disk
>> storage pool or database/logs? I have a customer using AIX, who backs
>> up about 1TB a night, expected to double in a year, who wants to use a
>> FastT700 when it supports AIX next month. He asked me to find out any
>> user experiences with the FastT using TSM.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> John Schneider
>> Lowery Systems, Inc.
>>
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