
AMASS Overview
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scattered writes
If multiple writes occur to a single volume group, AMASS uses more than one drive to simultaneously write to the volume group. This increases throughput.
SCSI Fast/Wide
Small Computer System Interface. An intelligent
server
Programs running on a network server provide computing or data services to a client. Part of a client/server architecture.
SLD
Service Locator Daemon component of DataMgr. The SLD maps the name of a DataMgr service (BFS, SSD) to the archiving service (AMASS).
slot
Referred to as a bin in some libraries. The physical home storage slot where a single piece of media resides. In standalone drives, the slot is the same as the drive, but in all other libraries that is not true.
SMP
Symmetric Multiprocessing. Making efficient use of multiple processors within a computer.
space pool
A special volume group that contains formatted volumes. The volumes in the space pool are used by numeric volume groups that have run out of space. When a volume group runs out of space, AMASS automatically takes a volume from the space pool and reassigns it to the
SSD
Storage Server Daemon component of DataMgr. The SSD provides an RPC interface from DataMgr clients to
AMASS.
standalone drives
A storage device for data containing a single drive. Usually, media is loaded manually in a standalone drive. See also jukebox and library.
Storage Area Network
A storage area network (SAN) is a dedicated
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