==> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eliza Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is the recommended volume size. I have seen someone mentioned 5G, but > then the number of volumes will explode from about 800 (current # of 3590 > primary tapes) to thousands. Consider, this doesn't really cost you much. Seek time in a directory of thousands of files is still tiny compared to tape behavior. I probably wouldn't go as low as 5G, but 10G (much less than the average size of my 3590 vols) seems pretty reasonable to me. 20G is getting big, from my perspective. > How about keeping the staging space so clients backup to staging then > migrate to FILE volumes. Then every volume will be filled up. I like this, too. - Allen S. Rout
