On Wed, 3 Jan 1996 18:43:19 -0500 you said:
>Folks,
>
>Are there reasons not to use the "cache" option for disk storage pools?
>I understand that one reason might be a lack of database space, as the
>ADSM server will keep track of the cached copies of files in addition to
>the copies that have been migrated off to the next storage spool.  But if
>you have plenty of available database space, are there any disadvantages
>to using the "cache" option?

I agree with Jerry also.  If you have the disk to burn, cacheing doesn't
really cost you anything.  It may not buy you very much, depending on your
particular situation, but since it doesn't really cost you much then I think
it's worth doing.

One other (very minor) negative is that since cacheing will slightly
increase the size of your database, then database backups will also take
slightly longer to run.  The difference is probably not worth worrying about.

..Paul

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