Media Management Configuration: Silo Archive

Use this dialog box to establish silo archive parameters.

Parameter	Description
Hours after being marked as Full for archiving Silo volumes to tape	Definition: Specifies the number of hours the Silo volumes that are marked Full must be retained in the disk media, before moving it to tape storage. A value of zero implies all full disk volumes will be marked for migration as part of Silo Archival Job, as long as the volume is not in use. Default Value: 8 hours Range: 1 to 72 Usage: Volumes are marked full by default every 8 hours per the Interval (hours) between marking large disk volumes full parameter. If you increase that value, this value needs to be increased to same.
Interval (in minutes) to free the Silo cache.	Definition: Specifies the interval at which the eligible silo cache will be removed from disk. To stop the Silo disk cleanup, clear the Enable space management checkbox in the Deduplication tab of the Silo Copy properties. Default Value: 1440 minutes Range: 60 to 10000 minutes Usage: Interval at which space management is performed on the disk library for removing Volumes copied to Silo storage. Threshold settings are set in the Disk Library Properties dialog box and Space Management is enabled in the Storage Policy Copy dialog box. Clearing the Enable space management checkbox in the Deduplication tab of the Silo Copy properties effectively stops the removal of volume folders.

Parameter

Description

Hours after being marked as Full for archiving Silo volumes to tape

Definition: Specifies the number of hours the Silo volumes that are marked Full must be retained in the disk media, before moving it to tape storage. A value of zero implies all full disk volumes will be marked for migration as part of Silo Archival Job, as long as the volume is not in use.

Default Value: 8 hours

Range: 1 to 72

Usage: Volumes are marked full by default every 8 hours per the Interval (hours) between marking large disk volumes full parameter. If you increase that value, this value needs to be increased to same.

Interval (in minutes) to free the Silo cache.

Definition: Specifies the interval at which the eligible silo cache will be removed from disk. To stop the Silo disk cleanup, clear the Enable space management checkbox in the Deduplication tab of the Silo Copy properties.

Default Value: 1440 minutes

Range: 60 to 10000 minutes

Usage: Interval at which space management is performed on the disk library for removing Volumes copied to Silo storage. Threshold settings are set in the Disk Library Properties dialog box and Space Management is enabled in the Storage Policy Copy dialog box. Clearing the Enable space management checkbox in the Deduplication tab of the Silo Copy properties effectively stops the removal of volume folders.