On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:59 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:
>> Terry L. Inzauro wrote:
>>> is there a document that outlines the steps necessary to purge 'older' data 
>>> on a disk device that is
>>> full? i understand that my retention levels are not correct, but i wish to 
>>> purge data at my
>>> discression until i get it all figured out.
>>
>> You can purge entire volumes only, not select data. If you wish to only
>> purge some data, you need to have multiple volumes and use them in a
>> rotation.
>>
> A word of advice, limit your volume size to 1/10 to 1/20th (or even
> more) of the size of your disk array so that proper volume management
> has a chance to work. Having only a few giant volumes does not play
> well with complex schedules and retention periods.
>

Could you point to some online docs on how to do it. Currently I have
one volume with a size of 567GB, and my space is running low. How
should the volumes be setup? 100gb each, and how do I set the rotation
so it knows to pick next volume, or create next volume.

Thanks,
Lucas

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