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Reducing TAPE usage

 
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gupta
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:11 am    Post subject: Reducing TAPE usage Reply with quote
Hi All,

I have an requirement where in I need to find methods/solution in reducing the TAPE usage (i.e) Reduction in I/O operation on tape. Please can any one help me on this.


Thanks,
Sulaiman
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Bill Dennis
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
1. Larger blocksizes = fewer I/O operations

2. Change tape I/O to disk I/O by placing small files on dasd
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expat
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Talk to your storage people about TMM.

Talk to your manager about Virtual Tape Servers
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