Eric and Jean,
I'm not sure that is true. I did some limited testing in a win2000 sp4 tsm 5.2.3.2 and IIRC it appeared that the preallocated files did get reallocated at the os level the first time they received data and I would assume when they were reclaimed and reused. We just started using a 6.4 gb sata and are not using the preallocated files at this time.
Can anyone else validate what I think I saw vs what Eric saw?
Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM wrote:
Hi Jean! We are currently designing a new TSM environment with a disk-only implementation. Because of the risk of fragmentation, we decided to use pre-allocated file volumes. This prevents fragmentation, because the volumes are propperly reclaimed while the actual OS file is not physically relocated. Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
-----Original Message----- From: William Jean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 14:55 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Fragmentation problems with large disk only stogare pool?
Has anyone who is using a large disk only primary storage pool run into any problems with fragmentation?
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