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CHAPTER
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Overview
The Sun StorageTek SAM environment provides a configurable file system with
storage, archive management, and retrieval capabilities. The Sun StorageTek SAM
software archives files by copying the files from online disk cache to archive media.
The archive media can consist of disk slices in another file system or it can consist of
removable tape or magneto-optical cartridges in automated or manually loaded
storage devices. The Sun StorageTek SAM software automatically maintains online
disk space at site-specified usage thresholds. It releases disk space associated with
archived file data and restores the files to online disk when they are needed.
This chapter provides a technical overview of the Sun StorageTek SAM components.
It contains the following sections:
■ “Capabilities” on page 1
■ “Storage Devices” on page 3
■ “Sun SAM-Remote Software” on page 4
■ “File System Manager” on page 5
Capabilities
The Sun StorageTek SAM storage and archive management software includes a high-
performance UNIX file system that resides in the server’s disk cache. For more
information about the file system itself, see the Sun StorageTek Storage Archive
Manager File System Configuration and Administration Guide.
The other components that reside in the Sun StorageTek SAM environment are as
follows:
■ The archiver automatically copies online disk cache files to archive media. The
archive media can consist of either online disk files or removable media
cartridges. By default, the archiver automatically creates one archive copy of all
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