# update 01.04.2013: based on even more existing installations we typically see more than 400 MB/s throughput with TSM on actual hardware (NL 400 nodes). That's in line with our throughput sizing for other workloads. /update
These days many customers look for efficient ways to leverage relatively new features of their backup software like de-duplication, node replication and backup of virtual environments. Several of these features cannot be efficiently used when backing up and archiving data to tape. Also we see more and more use cases that require regular and more frequent access to backup- or archived data which as well is not well suited for data that sits on tape. I am currently working with some clever guys (see section contributions) who implemented Isilon at several customers to overcome typical limits of traditional backup to tape or disk solutions and I found these ideas are worth sharing here. Although this article discusses the challenges and solutions along Tivoli Storage Manager TSM, similar principles are valid for other backup solutions of other vendors like Commvault, Symantec, EMC, CA and others. Over time, disk solutions became more and
These days many customers look for efficient ways to leverage relatively new features of their backup software like de-duplication, node replication and backup of virtual environments. Several of these features cannot be efficiently used when backing up and archiving data to tape. Also we see more and more use cases that require regular and more frequent access to backup- or archived data which as well is not well suited for data that sits on tape. I am currently working with some clever guys (see section contributions) who implemented Isilon at several customers to overcome typical limits of traditional backup to tape or disk solutions and I found these ideas are worth sharing here. Although this article discusses the challenges and solutions along Tivoli Storage Manager TSM, similar principles are valid for other backup solutions of other vendors like Commvault, Symantec, EMC, CA and others. Over time, disk solutions became more and
