If you are going to consider Solaris or HP for a TSM server, pause
and think when was the last time that these companies participated in a
lovefest?  Trying to troubleshoot a driver, hba or performance issue
would be like asking a Nancy Pelosi to throw a birthday party for George
Bush.

Life is easier if you stick with AIX or Windows for a TSM server.

Cheers,
Neil Strand
Storage Engineer - Legg Mason
Baltimore, MD.
(410) 580-7491
Whatever you can do or believe you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic.


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Henrik Vahlstedt
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:58 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform

Time to quote Kelly...

"So to me it's either AIX or Windows (yes, you can do a lot of TSM on
Windows once you get past the bigotry!).  Choose whichever one you have
the most experience with."


//Henrik


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Howard Coles
Sent: den 25 februari 2009 15:11
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform

I would stick with AIX as the #1 Choice just because the combo of
hardware and OS are unbeatable for this kind of thing.  I've seen
Windows Servers Choke on half the amounts of data I move every day, and
I have yet to even use more than 1% of my proc, or use the swap space on
my AIX box.
Second from that would be Linux (because I don't know Solaris).

I would avoid Windows.

See Ya'
Howard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of Ian Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:31 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Preferred TSM Platform
>
> Hi
>
>
>
> I am sure this question has been asked many times, however with server

> and OS development what is the favored OS for TSM v5? I have always
> preferred AIX however never been keen on Solaris and am considering
> Windows instead.
>
>
>
> Will v6 be compatible with the Windows platform?
>
>
>
> Ian Smith
>
>
>
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> Registration Number: 2081369 Registered address: Dell House, The
> Boulevard, Cain Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1LF, UK.
> Company details for other Dell UK entities can be found on
> www.dell.co.uk.


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