Managing the AMASS File System

attributes of the second volume group. If the values do not match, AMASS issues an error and does not complete the reassignment. For information on numerical volume groups, see “Volume Groups Defined” on page 1-13.

Configure Block Size

Thoroughly understand what this option does before using it.

Caution

Use the tape block size option (-bblocksize) with care.

Tip

For detailed information on optimizing block size, see “Fine-tune

Block Size” on page B-1.

Refer to the AMASS Release Notes for a list of drives that support configurable block size.

Configure Compression

Refer to the AMASS Release Notes for a list of drives that support compression.

Note

AMASS assumes a compressed capacity of 2:1 ratio, but some newer drives may have a compressed capacity of 3:1. Consequently, the capacity displayed by the vollist command after a volformat will currently show a 2:1 native GB capacity.

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