ADSM-L

Re: Collocation from nocollocation

2003-07-29 12:11:13
Subject: Re: Collocation from nocollocation
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:10:26 -0400
>      Has anybody out there gone from 3 years of nocollocation and then
>changed to collocation for better restores.  We are currently at 2-3+ TB of
>info on 540 tapes (this is all in our 1 TAPEPOOL).  We have about 410
>scratch tapes and the uppers are worried about making the global switch to
>collocate will cause TSM to crash due to no scratch tapes.  Also if there
>are any other gotcha's I would be greatly appreciated.  Maybe even send
>you, some of our greatest pizza haha.

It's no sweat if you simply turn it on and let collocation happen with just
new data, as that's gradual and you can casually watch the effects on your
tape supply.  In any case, it's well worth doing for the primary stgpool.
Got calzones?

  Richard Sims, BU