ADSM-L

Re: Large ADSM installations

1997-04-13 10:44:07
Subject: Re: Large ADSM installations
From: dan thompson <thompsod AT USAA DOT COM>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 09:44:07 -0500
The next version of ADSM does file aggregation.  One of the reasons is to
decrease the time required to restore large numbers of small files.  I
wonder if it also decreases the amount of space on the database that small
files require.

Does anyone know the answer?

Dan T.

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> From: Thomas A. La Porte <tlaporte AT ANIM.DREAMWORKS DOT COM>
> From: Thomas A. La Porte <tlaporte AT ANIM.DREAMWORKS DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Large ADSM installations
> Date: Friday, April 11, 1997 1:34 PM
>
> I'm curious to hear from others that have large ADSM
> installations (multi-GB ADSM databases). I'm getting a little
> concerned at the rate at which our database is growing. It is
> currently ~14GB, and it has grown by 5GB in just under two
> months. We have had a lot of activity, and we are in the
> unfortunate position of storing a great many very small files--it
> seems such a shame to spend 1K of database space for a 40 byte
> file, especially when we've got thousands of 40 byte files.
>
> I wonder if anybody else with a large installation might share
> there experiences/configurations.
>
>  -- Tom
>
> "If I could dot the 'i' in a Michigan     Thomas A. La Porte
>  game and the good lord came to take me   Archivist, Feature Animation
>  the next day ... at least I could        DreamWorks SKG
>  die happy." - Beano Cook, ESPN           <tlaporte AT anim.dreamworks DOT 
> com>
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