TSM Manager is pretty light weight.  Most of its actual load will be
incurred on the TSM server as queries are made.  I'd think a $250 CompUSA
special would do the trick nicely.

Admin Center's biggest issue is that it runs on the Integrated Service
Console, which is a WebSphere implementation.  We know this as "gratuitous
waste of resources", which still incurs load on the TSM server.

On 06.03.09 at 15:56 Thomas.Denier AT JEFFERSONHOSPITAL DOT ORG wrote:

Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 15:56:36 -0500
From: Thomas Denier <Thomas.Denier AT JEFFERSONHOSPITAL DOT ORG>
Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: TsmManager hardware requirements

We are planning for an upgrade to TSM 5.3, and currently have $5,400.00
budgeted for a server with enough memory and throughput to support the
Administration Center. We are looking into TsmManager as an alternative to
the Administration Center. The vendor's Web site lists the supported
operating systems, but I have so far not found any information on
requirements for memory and processor speed. Is this information available
somewhere?