Are these tapes in full or filling status?  Do you run inventory
expiration?

Tina Hilton
Thomson Consumer Electronics

> ----------
> From:         Donald Burdette[SMTP:dburdett AT IX.NETCOM DOT COM]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         Thursday, February 05, 1998 10:47 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Tape Utilization
>
> The utilization figures I quoted have not changed since ADSM finished
> writing to the tape. In some cases the reclamation percentage is only
> 10-12%, leaving a large percentage of the tape unused.
>
> ----------
> > From: Campbell Esplin <Campbell AT KINGSLEY.CO DOT ZA>
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: Tape Utilization
> > Date: Wednesday, February 04, 1998 11:21 PM
> >
> > Don, ADSM tracks the "free" space on your media as it writes new
> data to
> it
> > and as it "invalidates"
> > expired data. All of this is possible since the ADSM DB has full
> knowledge
> > of what each volume holds.
> > So each volume over time will reflect different % utilization
> figures.
> The
> > question is how "empty" would you
> > like your tapes "not" to be. This is what's called your
> PERCENTRECLAMATION
> > threshold for your STGPOOL.
> > So if you have RECLAMATION set on for a 50% threshold you should see
> for
> > instance that 003 and 004 will be
> > consolidated onto 003 and 004 released for re-use.
> >
> > Campbell Esplin
> > Excalibur Business Solutions
> > ----------
> > > From: Don Burdette <dburdett AT IX.NETCOM DOT COM>
> > > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > Subject: Tape Utilization
> > > Date: Thursday, February 05, 1998 6:44 AM
> > >
> > > I was wondering if someone could tell my why I am getting such
> varied
> > tape
> > > utilization's. The tape utilization's go something like this:
> > >
> > > 001 = 91.5%
> > > 002 = 66.3%
> > > 003 = 39.3%
> > > 004 = 45.7%
> > >
> > > The tape drive is a 3570-B12. I am not using compression at the
> client
> > and
> > > I have the tape capacity set a 5 gig. Anybody have a clue as to
> what is
> > > going on?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Don Burdette
>