DESCRIPTION: DMF is a hierarchical storage management system. Its primary
purpose is to manage the capacity of online disk resources by moving file
data from disk to offline
media. Because the high I/O bandwidth of Silicon Graphics systems can
overrun online disk resources, capacity scheduling, in the form of native
file system migration, DMF can
help you manage the storage resources of your Silicon Graphics systems.
In addition to ensuring that adequate disk space is always available,
capacity scheduling allows you to maintain a data space that is larger than
your online disk resource.
Oversubscription requires that the value of stored data be recognized as
the same or higher than that of online data; DMF provides this capability.
(from SPK)
--Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Duffy [mailto:tduffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:23 AM
To: Jean Louis MONGE
Cc: sgilinux@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: DMF on linux
Unfortunately, I do not know what DMF is so I cannot answer your
question. I assume by the question that it is some sort of IRIX tape
backup (maybe robot) management software. If this is the case, I have not
heard any official word nor rumors about such software being ported. But
if you have a need for it, you are welcome to send your request through
your sales rep. I can also ask around about plans here within
engineering.
Later,
-tduffy
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Jean Louis MONGE wrote:
> Any plans to port DMF to Linux ???
>
> As you can get now tape libraries for less than $10000,
> there is a lack for HSM softwares on small servers.
>
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