Remco, Stefan:
  Thanks for helping out.  I wish I knew more of which I speak, but both
answers are useful.

Bob T.
----
Robert Talda
EZ-Backup Team, CIT/Infrastructure
Cornell University
rpt4 AT cornell DOT edu
607-255-8280


-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 7:32 AM
To: "ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Better platform for TSM client for Windows v6.4/7.1:
Windows Server 2012 vs Windows 2012 Server Essentials ?

>Good one Remco, I didn't read that well enough.
>For what it is worth I agree with your answer. :-)
>
>
>On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Remco Post <r.post AT plcs DOT nl> wrote:
>
>> I think the question is actually in the topic of the message, which
>> windows version to use.
>>
>> I don't think it wil really make any difference (though I don't know the
>> diff between those two versions either). Just use the one common in your
>> organisation and if both are euqually welcome, use the cheapest one.
>>
>> Op 10 apr. 2014, om 12:59 heeft Stefan Folkerts
>><stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
>> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> > I think you are asking if a Windows based TSM client with a SSD disk
>>and
>> an
>> > i3 CPU is good for making backups of a NAS storage device.
>> > The SSD storage in the client for nas backup doesn't really serve any
>> > purpose, the i3 CPU might be a limiting factor if you have many
>> > simultanious streams on a fast network such as a 10Gb LAN, if it is a
>> > single 1Gb LAN I think you should be fine with a plain (none deduped
>>or
>> > compressed) stream from the NAS to the TSM server.
>> > Memory is important, make sure you have a few GB available for the TSM
>> > client.
>> > Also try and split the data retrieval (to/from NAS) and data sending
>> > (to/from TSM server) paths network wise if you use 1Gb networks
>> especially.
>> > Test restores and see if you get all the metadata back when
>>implementing
>> > NAS backups on new types of NAS devices.
>> > .
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Robert Talda <rpt4 AT cornell DOT edu> 
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Folks:
>> >>  I¹m not well versed in Windows platform specifics, so this question
>> from
>> >> one of my customers has me flummoxed - and curious.
>> >>
>> >>  The system (³solid state computer with an i3 CPU²) in question will
>>be
>> >> dedicated to the backup of a 3rd party NAS device (not NetApp,
>>sadly) so
>> >> the TSM client will be the primary (if not only) application running
>>on
>> >> the system.
>> >>
>> >>  Any thoughts appreciated!
>> >> ----
>> >> Robert Talda
>> >> EZ-Backup Team, CIT/Infrastructure
>> >> Cornell University
>> >> rpt4 AT cornell DOT edu
>> >> 607-255-8280
>> >>
>>
>> --
>>
>>  Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards,
>>
>> Remco Post
>> r.post AT plcs DOT nl
>> +31 6 248 21 622
>>