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Re: Multiprocess Offsite Reclamation Pointless???

2006-02-27 14:39:34
Subject: Re: Multiprocess Offsite Reclamation Pointless???
From: Mark Stapleton <mark.stapleton AT USBANK DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:38:57 -0600
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 02/27/2006
11:55:42 AM:
> Has anyone out there tried the new 5.3 multi-threaded reclamation
> process for offsite copypools?
>
> In both cases, within a few minutes of processing, all the reclamation
> processes for this pool are competing for the same input volume, so one
> process continues and the others stall with media wait.
>
> The documentation doesn't say to not use the parameter for offsite copy
> pools, so I'm wondering if this is a bug or working as designed.  If
> working as designed, then it is pointless for offsite pools.

Well, not exactly. As is mentioned by others, using this for offsite pool
reclamation with collocated primary tape pools will minimize the tape
volume contention (but may increase the number of tape mounts).

But hey! if you run any three tape processes, and they all need data off
the same volume, there's going to be contention no matter how you slice
it.

--
Mark Stapleton (mark.stapleton AT usbank DOT com)
US Bank
MR Backup and Recovery Management
Office 262.790.3190
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