>> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:59:53 -0600, Roger Deschner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I have never seen reclamation take a Filling volume. I thought the > Big Idea ever since the product was called WDSF was to fill up the > Filling volumes until they are Full, let expiration gradually eat > holes in them, and then reclaim them. What's the point in reclaiming > a tape that isn't full yet? Even with collocation, I don't get > it. If it isn't full yet, the only thing you should be doing to it > is writing more data to it. I share this opinion. Acknowledging that there are times when it's a ridiculous distinction to make, ( i.e. 99% full volume that's 99% reclaimable ) the point of reclamation is to improve the chances you'll have somewhere to put byte N+1 that comes into your server. If you reclaim FILLING volumes, then you make them PENDING for [some time], so instead of having half-full, half-reclaimable volume, you've got a quarter-full volume and a PENDING volume; not much improvement in access, and in the meantime you are not-relcaiming the next, FULL volume. This would be especially relevant for FILE devclasses, especially**2 those sites which predefine their volumes; you deprive yourself of all of the ex-FILLING volume for reusedelay days. - Allen S. Rout
