[2546] in SIPB-AFS-requests
Re: RFD - Backup system: tape retiring, system overhaul/upgrade
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Kohl)
Tue Nov 19 08:28:46 1996
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 08:28:20 -0500
From: John Kohl <jtk@atria.com>
To: sit@MIT.EDU
Cc: star-maintainers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199611190342.WAA11514@harlie.mit.edu> (message from Emil Sit on
Mon, 18 Nov 1996 22:42:36 EST)
>>>>> "Emil" == Emil Sit <sit@MIT.EDU> writes:
Emil> # type age uses formats...
Emil> # ---- --- ---- ----------
Emil> tape-type exb 2555 50 8200 8500
Emil> Observe that "age" is in days. 2555 days is seven years! I suspect
Emil> that by lowering this to something reasonable, like age = 365,
Emil> uses = 10, would cause the system to rapidly expire tapes. We could
Emil> then start adding new tapes.
I would guess that "age" really is intended to mean "shelf life". If
this is the intent, then I see no reason to reduce it.
Reducing the allowable reuse count _does_ seem eminently reasonable.
==John
