Background:
TSM Server 5.2.3.5
AIX Op System 5.2.2.0, P650 box
Library -ADIC I2000 Scaler, LTO 2 Drives

Looking for feedback from the group.

We have currently have a partioned library, 10 drives for all our system
backup.  The other library partition, with 2 drives for content manager.

We are using content manager, via common store for email archiving.   The
problem is when there is a problem with the tape, there are thousands of
small files on tape..and the restore of the tape is taking 20 hours to
move the data off a tape.   Seems that using LTO tape is not the answer
with all of thousands of individual emails on one tape.  Business SLA for
email archiving is 24 hours.   We are looking at increasing our disk
pools, and keep all data on the disk...and of course, still keep offsite
copy for DR purposes at this point.

Interested in any suggestions?  What are you doing for email archiving?







Nancy Backhaus
Enterprise Systems
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