
2 Sun StorageTek SAM Archive Configuration and Administration Guide • Version 4, Update 6, 04/07
files in a Sun StorageTek SAM file system and writes the archive copy to archive
media. You can configure the archiver to create up to four archive copies on a
variety of archive media. If a file is segmented, each segment is treated as a file
and is archived separately. The archiving process is initiated after disk-based files
match a site-definable set of selection criteria.
For more information about the archiver, see “Archiving” on page 33. For more
information about segmented files, see “Using Segmented Files” on page 222.
■ The releaser automatically maintains the file system’s online disk cache at site-
specified percentage usage thresholds by freeing disk blocks occupied by eligible
archived files.
Releasing is the process of freeing primary (disk) storage that is used by an
archived file’s data. Two threshold values, the high-water mark and the low-
water mark, both expressed as a percentage of total disk space, are used to
manage online disk cache free space. When online disk consumption exceeds the
high-water mark, the system automatically begins releasing the disk space
occupied by eligible archived files. Disk space occupied by archived file data is
released until the low-water mark is reached. Files are selected for release
depending on their size and age. The first portion of a file can be retained on disk
for speedy access and for masking staging delays. If a file has been archived in
segments, portions of the file can be released individually. For more information
about the releaser, see “Releasing” on page 115.
■ The stager restores file data to the disk cache. When a user or process requests file
data that has been released from disk cache, the stager automatically copies the
file data back to the online disk cache.
When a file whose data blocks have been released is accessed, the stager
automatically stages the file or file segment data back to online disk cache. The
read operation tracks along directly behind the staging operation, allowing the
file to be immediately available to an application before the entire file is
completely staged.
The Sun StorageTek SAM software processes stage request errors automatically. If
a stage error is returned, the system attempts to find the next available archive
copy of the file. Stage errors that can be automatically processed include media
errors, unavailability of media, unavailability of an automated library, and others.
For more information about staging, see “Staging” on page 133.
■ Τhe recycler clears archive volumes of expired archive copies and makes volumes
available for reuse.
As users modify files, archive copies associated with the old versions of these files
are considered to be expired on their archive media. Such copies are no longer
needed, so they can be purged from the system. The recycler identifies the archive
volumes with the largest proportions of expired archive copies and preserves the
unexpired copies by moving them to separate volumes.
If a removable media volume contains only expired copies, you can take one of
the following actions:
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