We are about to set up a 2nd server running Linux.

My main issue, so far, is I/O related.
I haven't been able to find anyone running sustained high I/O on a IA32
box (except for a NUMA-Q).
The new vendor offerings look promising but they have only been able to
supply database TPC style stats, which is fine for metadata but does not
address whether you can load up the PCI bus(es) with Gigabit network and
FC.

Anyone deployed beefy IA32 TSM servers? (and can compare to the newer
RISC servers)

Also, the current 2.4 Linux kernel has some issues with I/O subsystem
using a single spinlock. This is being addressed in the 2.5/3.0 kernel
but means, in the short/medium term, Linux could be an issue.

We are playing safe, initially, and using the TSM Linux server for lots
of small nodes and virtual volumes to our main TSM server.

Suad
--

> 1. Running TSM Server under Linux on Intel
> Has anyone started running TSM Server under Linux yet, and if so, would
> you be willing to provide feedback?
> Our current environment is TSM 4.2 running on a NetStore (3466-C00) with
> 4cpu, 2gb-ram and ssa disk for db/logs and all diskpools.  NSM is being
> discontinued and we have no AIX admin (HP-UX shop starting to add
> Linux).  Suport $ for the rs/6000 is also increasing dramatically.  I
> would like to consider using a beefy Intel box (Compaq/Dell/IBM) or even
> a cluster of less beffy machines if the bottom line looks good and it
> works.  We could use W2K but I'm not quite ready to take the plunge into
> the "dark side".