My apologies, the previous message came without a reply...
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> Hi Kelly.
> Hi Kelly.
> Yep, that's the way it works.
> I'm putting 300 WinNT servers and Win95 desktops onto 60 collocated DLT
> 7000 cartridges.
> All you have to do is set the MAXSCRATCH limit for the storage pool to the
> max number of cartridges you want to use.
>
>
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> Wanda Prather
> Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
> 443-778-8769
> wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu
>
> "Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think."
>               - Scott Adams/Dilbert
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> From:         Kelly J. Lipp[SMTP:lipp AT storsol DOT com]
> Sent:         Tuesday, May 26, 1998 12:44 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
> Subject:      Collocation question
>
> My understanding of collocation is that if ADSM can't find a scratch tape
> or empty volume for a collocated pool, it will put data on an existing
> tape, essentially doubling up clients onto tapes.  Is this an incorrect
> assumption on my part?  My strategy is to limit the number of scratch
> tapes
> in a pool to more fully utilize the tapes in a situation where client size
> is small in comparison to tape cartridge capacity.
>
> TIA,
>
> Kelly Lipp
> Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
> lipp AT storsol DOT com
> www.storsol.com
> (719) 531-5926
>
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