On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 10:51:55AM -0600, Rushforth, Tim wrote:

> >Also, ADSM.QuickFacts says that sequential volumes have
> >advantages in a database restoral situation.
> Yes.  This is also documented in the 5.2/5.3 ADMIN guide describing
> difference between DISK and FILE pools.

I asked this here, because IBM support asked why we were using FILE
volumes instead of DISK volumes for our DIRMC stgpool. He recommends
DISK volumes, but only mentioned performance as a reason for this
recommendation. I answered that we were using FILE volumes for better
handling of a database restoral scenario, and (historically) for the
offsite reclamation performance problems (but this is no longer a
valid reason).

Thanks,
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