Disk storage systems have different operating characteristics
that can be configured and tuned for improved performance for a Tivoli® Storage
Manager server.
About this task
Review the information about how to configure your disk storage
systems, and the operating system for your Tivoli Storage
Manager server.
Principles for tuning disk systems for Tivoli Storage Manager
Many aspects of disk storage can be considered for optimizing
operations. For most systems, the separation of server database, logs,
and storage pools is key to a Tivoli Storage
Manager configuration
that has good performance.
Tuning Storwize V7000 and V3700 systems
The IBM
Storwize® V7000 is an ideal disk system for use with Tivoli Storage
Manager. You can configure the system with multiple device types, so that you can use fast disk or SSD for the server database and lower-cost, higher-capacity disk for storage pools.
Configuring the operating system for disk performance
The operating system configuration and the types of file
systems in use affect the performance of disks. Learn about how to
configure these items for the best performance for Tivoli Storage
Manager server.