At last a definitive answer!

Glenn, why would SETSYS TAPEDSORDER(RECALL(FBID)) be temporary? From your 
description I can't see any reason NOT to make it the operating norm.
  
Thank You,
Dave O'Brien
NIH Contractor
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From: Glenn Wilcock [[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 11:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: DFHSM Recalls and Tape

In both a CRQ and nonCRQ environment, HSM will process all of the queued 
requests from a mounted tape.  But, there are some important differences.

In a nonCRQ environment, each HSM host has it's own queue.  So, each host will 
only process the queued requests on it's own queue.  This requires each host to 
mount/unmount the same tape.  Also, the recall queue has to be sequentially 
scanned to find the next recall on the same tape.  This may require alot of 
processing for large queues.

In a CRQ environment, there is a shared queue, so the first host that mounts 
the tape will process ALL recalls in the HSMplex that require that tape.  
(Truly a single tape mount).  Also, within the CRQ, a unique prioritized LIST 
is maintained for the recalls queued for each tape, so the next recall can be 
found with a single Request to the Queue, as opposed to having to scan the 
queue sequentially.

When queuing thousands of recalls which will come from the same tapes, I 
recommend temporarily using SETSYS TAPEDSORDER(RECALL(FBID)).  This will recall 
the data sets on the same tape in FBID order, which will give better 
performance since you will be driving many recalls from the same tape.  For 
random recall activity, I would recommend RECALL(PRIORITY), which will process 
WAIT requests before NOWAIT type requests.

Glenn Wilcock
DFSMShsm Architect

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