Mark,

Thanks for that clarification.  That matches what I've seen on the
"archive" side of the system.

Tab




"Stapleton, Mark" <mark.stapleton AT BERBEE DOT COM>
Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
03/21/2005 12:39 PM
Please respond to
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>


To
ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc

Subject
Re: Spontaneous reclamation






From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Tab Trepagnier
>I think Guillaume might have figured it out.  Let's say we keep five
>versions of a file.  If, during the night, the system picks up a sixth
>version, does the oldest version scroll off immediately?  Or
>does it wait
>for reclamation?  If immediately, that is almost certainly
>what happened.
>But what is odd is that I've never noticed that occurrence
>before despite
>administering the system for the last seven years!

No, the oldest version of the file doesn't just roll off. You have to
run an inventory expiration to delete the pointer to the old file; once
the pointer is deleted, and you meet your reclamation threshhold, the
file indicated by the expired pointer will vanish when the volume it
resides in is reclaimed and reused.

--
Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Office 262.521.5627