At 08:41 06.04.99 -0400, Scott Fluegge wrote:
>Second, are you sure you want to set reclamation to 50%?  As I understand it,
>that may mean you move more information than is actually useful.  If you had 
>ten
>volumes, 9 of which were full and the 10th had 50% full, ADSM would call in
>another scratch tape and move that 50% to a new tape - gaining you nothing!  Am

It's gaining you at least 50% more free space. If a volume is full and the
reclaimable space reaches 50%, it means that you waste 50% of the space
on the tape. After reclamation a new tape is filled up by 50% but the full
tape is now empty and can be used again (depending on your reuse delay).

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