AMASS Overview

 

AMASS supports NFS by making its file system appear as a

 

mounted local file system to the NFS server. This allows the

 

AMASS file system to be exported in the same manner as the

 

standard local file system is exported. Thus, the AMASS file

 

system or its subdirectories can be mounted, across the network

 

to the client file system, making the AMASS resident files,

 

directories, and storage capacity available as though the

 

AMASS software and its storage devices were running on the

 

client.

 

The NFS interface to AMASS is both user- and

 

application-transparent; and, under normal traffic patterns, the

 

NFS and AMASS systems work well together. But, because of

 

the inherent nature of a removable media device and the

 

stateless design of the NFS facility, you must fine-tune the NFS

 

configuration parameters to obtain the best possible

 

performance for a given environment.

 

Delays, inherent in accessing files from a removable media

 

library, can cause the NFS system to retry operations that are

 

waiting for resources. While this will not cause the operations

 

to fail, it may temporarily prevent other NFS operations from

 

executing by using up the available NFS tasks or by causing

 

excessive network traffic during the retry cycles.

 

For specific information on providing NFS clients access to the

 

file system, refer to Installing AMASS.

File Transfer

FTP allows users to transfer files easily from one machine to

Protocol (FTP)

another over the network. To learn what functions can be

 

invoked from your server processor FTP utility, refer to your

 

server’s reference manual.

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