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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: BOUND VOLUME SETS: ARE THEY A BAD IDEA?
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 03:25:21 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <2b0bee45.8cdd59.5@BEIZ.mediatex.ch>
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- In article <2b0bee45.8cdd59.5@BEIZ.mediatex.ch>, Programmierer@BEIZ.mediatex.ch (055485666: MEDIAtex AG) writes:
- >I have two questions on volume sets. First here the qurrent config:
- >
- > 1 RF71 (a single-volume-volume-set)
- >
- > 3 RF31 (another volume-set)
- >
- >both of them are now at the limit of there capacity so we ordered a new
- >DSSI-SCSI-Disk of 2.5 GByte capacity.
- >
- >Now my question. on which of these disk' s should be the root-directory?
- >which is the best for performance? is it good on a RF31 or should it be on
- >the new bigger disk?
-
- It won't make a whole lot of difference. Any time you do any directory lookup,
- the first couple of reads are going to have to come from the INDEX file,
- followed by a few reads from FID (4,4,0), both on the first volume in the set.
- That means that [000000]000000.DIR;1's likely to be cached. And after that,
- which is the root volume of the set doesn't make any difference.
-
- >The other question: is it a good idea to use more than one root-directories
- >of the volume set? It' s possible to do that, I've tested it, but it this a
- >good Idea? (It's nowhere written of that possibility!)
-
- If you've got files that you absolutely have to be able to read, regardless of
- whether the root volume fails, then you might want to do that, I think (as well
- as forcing all directories you need to find that file and the file itself to be
- on the same disk). Other than that, I can't see any reason for doing it
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-