Managing the AMASS File System

File States

A file in the AMASS file system can have the following states:

State

Description

 

 

Located

The file is totally stored on media, there are no dirty

 

cache blocks in the AMASS IO cache.

 

NOTE: The file may also be completely or partially

 

residing in the AMASS cache because of a read or

 

write IO request.

 

 

Not

The file has one or more dirty cache blocks in the

Located

AMASS IO cache.

 

NOTE: Overwrites or appends will cause a file to be

 

considered “not located” because there will be dirty

 

cache blocks associated with the file.

 

 

Examples

Following are examples of the output generated by using the

fileonmedia command:

#fileonmedia -v /archive/amass412/getstart.fm6

getstart.fm6 is NOT LOCATED on media

#fileonmedia -v /archive/amass412/sitetasks.fm6

sitetasks.fm6 is LOCATED on media

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