Just some more statistics to ponder.

ADSM v3.1.2.55
AIX 4.2.1

tsm: ADSM>select sum(num_files),stgpool_name from occupancy  group by
stgpool_name

 Unnamed[1]     STGPOOL_NAME
-----------     ------------------
   22254868     ARCHTAPE                  archives on tape
   22254868     ARCHTAPE                  archives on tape
   40030448     BACKUP3590_OFFSITE        backup copypool on tape
      40284     BACKUPPOOL                backups on disk
          1     EXPORTTAPE
   40065503     TAPEPOOL                  backups on tape
          1     TSMDBB
          3     TSMTAPE

tsm: ADSM>q db f=d

          Available Space (MB): 54,640
        Assigned Capacity (MB): 52,600
        Maximum Extension (MB): 2,040
        Maximum Reduction (MB): 3,268
             Page Size (bytes): 4,096
            Total Usable Pages: 13,465,600
                    Used Pages: 11,276,542
                      Pct Util: 83.7
                 Max. Pct Util: 84.1
              Physical Volumes: 34
             Buffer Pool Pages: 32,768
         Total Buffer Requests: 170,457,627
                Cache Hit Pct.: 99.12
               Cache Wait Pct.: 0.00
           Backup in Progress?: Yes
    Type of Backup In Progress: Full
  Incrementals Since Last Full: 0
Changed Since Last Backup (MB): 2.36
            Percentage Changed: 0.01
Last Complete Backup Date/Time: 08/22/00   05:00:08

Archives are done weekly and kept 5 weeks.  Here is the biggest node:

sm: ADSM>select * from occupancy where node_name='BURLINGTON17'

NODE_NAME             TYPE                  FILESPACE_NAME
STGPOOL_NAME            NUM_FILES     PHYSICAL_MB      LOGICAL_MB
------------------    ------------------    ------------------
------------------    -----------    ------------    ------------
------------------    -----------    ------------    ------------
BURLINGTON17          Arch                  \\burlington17\d$
BURLINGTON17          Arch                  \\burlington17\d$
ARCHTAPE                  3124327       123482.60       123014.76
BURLINGTON17          Bkup                  \\burlington17\d$
BACKUP3590_OFFSITE       11619054      2045652.33      1922166.39
BURLINGTON17          Bkup                  \\burlington17\d$
TAPEPOOL                 11625703      2040859.54      1924437.27

So it has about 3,124,327 / 6 = 500,000 files.  Since we have about
11,000,000 backup versions, thats an average of 22 versions of each
file.  This is a general purpose Windows file server.


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Richard
Richard