Perusing the 4.2 client manual to learn of new functionality (worth doing from time to time) I was amused to find the new client option "V2archive", which makes Archive perform the same way it did in ADSM version 2, which is to say that it will only archive files, and not directories. And you thought old ADSM techniques had nothing to offer us now! This option is of particular value for sites where Archiving is heavily performed, specifying subdirectory trees, but where Retrieval involves just bringing back individual files. (Otherwise, doing a Retrieve on a subdirectory tree structure where the original subdirectories no longer exist will force Retrieve to construct surrogate directories to emplace the original structure of the file collection.) Not storing directories will certainly lessen the load on your server, including Expiration. Worth considering. Richard Sims, BU
