AMASS Overview
Scattered writes allows AMASS to use more than one drive to write to volumes in a volume group. For configuration parameters, refer to Installing AMASS.
Library
Drive1
Drive2
Drive1 writes file_A to media.
Volume Group 6
Drive2 writes file_B to media.
Enabling scattered writes allows AMASS to use more than one drive to write data to the same volume group. Consequently, performance is improved.
Compression and Configuring compression and block size typically improves Block Size Improves throughput for tape drives. Both features are configured with
Throughputthe AMASS volformat command. For more information on this command, refer to Managing the AMASS File System.
Refer to the AMASS Release Notes for a list of drives that support compression and configurable block size.
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