Just to chip in my experiences after almost a year with TSM on enterprise SSDs:
OS drive (Windows): 100 GB RAID 1 - wear at 99.78 %
TSM log disk: 100 GB RAID 1 - wear at 99.49 % (log disk may be 128 GB - I know,
but this was what I had)
TSM DB disks: 8 containers on 500 GB each, all on a 4 TB RAID5 - wear is hardly
measurable.
Db size is 1.3 TB and we are using both TSM dedup and node replication.
- Bent
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Skylar Thompson
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:15 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Increase performance with SSD disls
We have two large TSM servers, the larger with a database on the order of 1.4TB.
In the latest hardware refresh, I debated whether to buy SSDs for the database.
I ended up sticking with the tried-and-true 15K SAS disks since I wasn't sure
of the consequences of the high write load from DB2 on the lifespan of the SSDs.
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 07:52:39AM -0600, Matthew McGeary wrote:
> Hello Robert,
>
> We use SSD arrays for both our database and our active log. That
> said, unless you are using TSM deduplication or node replication, SSD
> disks should not be required for good server performance. Standard
> 15K SAS drives are more than sufficient for regular server operations
> when dedup and replication are not used.
>
> Your restore steps appear correct and should function as desired.
>
> Regards,
> __________________________
> Matthew McGeary
> Technical Specialist - Operations
> PotashCorp
> T: (306) 933-8921
> www.potashcorp.com
>
>
>
>
> From: Robert Ouzen <rouzen AT UNIV.HAIFA.AC DOT IL>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date: 03/10/2015 07:28 AM
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Increase performance with SSD disls
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
>
>
> Hi to all
>
> To increase performance on my TSM servers 7.1.1.0 , I think to
> install my databases on SSD disks.
>
> I have some questions:
>
>
> Þ Will be more efficient to put the active log too on the SSD disks
>
> Þ Can I move in the same step the database and the active log as:
>
> o On dsmserv.opt change the activelogdir to the new path for SSD disk
> (before I un the restore db)
>
> o dsmserv restore db todate=today on=dbdir.file (on dbdir.file the
> new path for SSD disks)
> Best Regards
>
> Robert
>
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