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ILM products (Kazeon) and Windows Explorer
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How do ILM products like kazeon that migrate files to alternate storage deal with Windows Explorer that do directory listings and try to open each and every file to read the data (for thumbnails)? Will this cause Kazeon to restore the files from alternate storage back onto the primary disks? Bargav |
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Nik Simpson wrote:
wrote: Hi, How do ILM products like kazeon that migrate files to alternate storage deal with Windows Explorer that do directory listings and try to open each and every file to read the data (for thumbnails)? Will this cause Kazeon to restore the files from alternate storage back onto the primary disks? They do any automatic migration back from the location when a file is accessed, so it's a moot point. Of course, that should have read " they *DON'T* do any migration back from a location" -- Nik Simpson |
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On Feb 17, 1:13 pm, Faeandar wrote:
On 16 Feb 2007 11:40:09 -0800, wrote: Hi, How do ILM products like kazeon that migrate files to alternate storage deal with Windows Explorer that do directory listings and try to open each and every file to read the data (for thumbnails)? Will this cause Kazeon to restore the files from alternate storage back onto the primary disks? Bargav Lookup operations are not the same as access operations. Only access ops cause an un-migration. Also, there are no ILM "products". ILM is a process, if you don't have that then you don't have ILM. You just have HSM. ~F I think the OP is worried about exactly that. As far as I understand, when Windows Explorer looks into a directory, it will often open and read (ie. access) the files within so as to create thumbnails, previews and the like. The question is, in spirit, similar to one I posed a few weeks ago regarding full-text searches. I think what we're all wondering is, given these application behaviors, how can migration products really be both "automatic" and still provide the intended benefit. Thanks, Ron |
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On 18 Feb 2007 12:28:09 -0800, "
wrote: On Feb 17, 1:13 pm, Faeandar wrote: On 16 Feb 2007 11:40:09 -0800, wrote: Hi, How do ILM products like kazeon that migrate files to alternate storage deal with Windows Explorer that do directory listings and try to open each and every file to read the data (for thumbnails)? Will this cause Kazeon to restore the files from alternate storage back onto the primary disks? Bargav Lookup operations are not the same as access operations. Only access ops cause an un-migration. Also, there are no ILM "products". ILM is a process, if you don't have that then you don't have ILM. You just have HSM. ~F I think the OP is worried about exactly that. As far as I understand, when Windows Explorer looks into a directory, it will often open and read (ie. access) the files within so as to create thumbnails, previews and the like. The question is, in spirit, similar to one I posed a few weeks ago regarding full-text searches. I think what we're all wondering is, given these application behaviors, how can migration products really be both "automatic" and still provide the intended benefit. Thanks, Ron Ouch. I can't speak to Windows behavior but that would be truly an unhappy thing. I know these products have to take into account possible scenarios like this so maybe it's only on write access or open write access? I can't say. I would be curious to know if someone finds out. ~F |
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On Feb 18, 4:28 pm, Faeandar wrote:
On 18 Feb 2007 12:28:09 -0800, " wrote: On Feb 17, 1:13 pm, Faeandar wrote: On 16 Feb 2007 11:40:09 -0800, wrote: Hi, How do ILM products like kazeon that migrate files to alternate storage deal with Windows Explorer that do directory listings and try to open each and every file to read the data (for thumbnails)? Will this cause Kazeon to restore the files from alternate storage back onto the primary disks? Bargav Lookup operations are not the same as access operations. Only access ops cause an un-migration. Also, there are no ILM "products". ILM is a process, if you don't have that then you don't have ILM. You just have HSM. ~F I think the OP is worried about exactly that. As far as I understand, when Windows Explorer looks into a directory, it will often open and read (ie. access) the files within so as to create thumbnails, previews and the like. The question is, in spirit, similar to one I posed a few weeks ago regarding full-text searches. I think what we're all wondering is, given these application behaviors, how can migration products really be both "automatic" and still provide the intended benefit. Thanks, Ron Ouch. I can't speak to Windows behavior but that would be truly an unhappy thing. I know these products have to take into account possible scenarios like this so maybe it's only on write access or open write access? I can't say. I would be curious to know if someone finds out. ~F Just got a response back from a neopath sales guy. They say their product is the only one that handles this and prevents files from being moved back onto primary just due to windows explorer directory listings, but he didnt know how. |
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