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Re: [ADSM-L] TSM troubles

2015-12-11 04:24:42
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM troubles
From: Hans Christian Riksheim <bullhcr AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:22:55 +0100
16 Power8 cores(at least 3.42 GHz) and 192 GB to handle 1000 TB of backup
data? One would think there was a potential for code efficiency improvement.

Hans Chr.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Andrew Carlson <naclosagc AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:

> That is awesome.  Thanks David.
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Nixon, Charles D. (David) <
> cdnixon AT carilionclinic DOT org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/NEW%20-%20Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager%20Blueprint%20-%20%20Improve%20the%20time-to-value%20of%20your%20deployments
> >
> > If the link doesn't work, try Gooogling
> > tsm Blueprint and Server Automated Configuration for AIX Version 2.1
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > David Nixon
> > System Programmer II
> > Technology Services Group
> > Carilion Clinic
> > 451 Kimball Ave.
> > Roanoke, VA 24015
> > Phone: 540-224-3903
> > cdnixon AT carilionclinic DOT org
> >
> > Our mission: Improve the health of the communities we serve.
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] on behalf of 
> > Andrew
> > Carlson [naclosagc AT GMAIL DOT COM]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 9:55 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM troubles
> >
> > David,
> >
> > Could you please provide a link for that requirement?  We have asked IBM
> a
> > number of times, and they are fairly nebulous on what the actual
> > requirements are.  That is a very interesting list you have there,
> thanks.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Nixon, Charles D. (David) <
> > cdnixon AT carilionclinic DOT org> wrote:
> >
> > > According to the 7.1 blueprint you are a large deployment (for server
> > side
> > > dedupe)
> > >
> > > CPU: 16 core Power 8
> > > Memory: 192GB
> > > Directory for the active log: 300 GB
> > > Directory for the archive log:4 TB
> > >
> > > It was suggested to use that we make sure that these logs are all on
> > > SSD/flash for ideal performance.  We are just now trying to increase
> all
> > of
> > > our files systems to jump into container pools in the very near future
> > but
> > > we are on the larger size of a medium deployment.
> > >
> > > That said, I've identified the risk of using less hardware than the
> > > blueprint suggests.  Time will tell if upgrading the server and all the
> > SSD
> > > required, will end up saving money compared to a dedicated dedupe
> storage
> > > device.
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > David Nixon
> > > System Programmer II
> > > Technology Services Group
> > > Carilion Clinic
> > > 451 Kimball Ave.
> > > Roanoke, VA 24015
> > > Phone: 540-224-3903
> > > cdnixon AT carilionclinic DOT org
> > >
> > > Our mission: Improve the health of the communities we serve.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] on behalf of 
> > > Stef
> > > Coene [stef.coene AT DOCUM DOT ORG]
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 5:02 AM
> > > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM troubles
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Some time ago I mailed in frustration that using DB2 as TSM backend
> was a
> > > bad
> > > idea.
> > >
> > > Well, here I'm again with the same frustration.
> > >
> > > This time I just want to know who is using deduplication successful?
> > > How much data do you process daily? Client or server or mixed?
> > >
> > > We are trying to process a daily intake between 10 - 40 TB, almost all
> > file
> > > level backup. The TSM server is running on AIX, 6 x Power7, 128 GB ram.
> > > Disk
> > > is on SVC with FlashSystem 840. Diskpool is 250 TB on 2 x V7000 with 1
> TB
> > > NLSAS disks, SAN attached. We are trying to do client based dedup.
> > >
> > > The problem is that the active log fills up (128 GB) in a few hours.
> And
> > > this
> > > up to 2 times per day! DB2 recovery takes 4 hours because we have to
> do a
> > > 'db2stop force' :(
> > >
> > >
> > > Stef
> > >
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> Andy Carlson
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