ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)

2010-09-22 11:29:12
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Determining devclass FILE values (a.k.a. New Server - Part Deux)
From: Stef Coene <stef.coene AT DOCUM DOT ORG>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:28:25 +0200
On Wednesday 22 September 2010, you wrote:
> On Friday 17 September 2010, Stef Coene wrote:
> > When we changed the FILE based storage pool to 5 GB volumes, the result
> > was
>
> much better.  There was less reclamation needed because it is less likely
> that a volume has a status Filling.
>
>
> Interesting concept Stef...just the opposite of what I did to fix the
> problem.  I'll give this a try also. Have you seen any downside to this
> due to the large number of files in a given directory?  I'm running RHEL
> 5.4 64 bit on ext3.
This is an AIX server with a 7 TB jfs2 filesystem with 1381 files in it.
For now, no downside found.

Why have you changed to bigger FILE volumes?
And do you use a DISK based storage pool as 'buffer'?


Stef