User's Manual

AMASS Overview
GL-4 Glossary 6-00026-01 Rev A
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Ethernet
A networking system designed to
connect computers that are releatively
close together (physically in the same
department). The specification has been
defined by IEEE Standard 802.3. Other
software, such as TCP/IP, runs on top of
Ethernet to provide high-level
networking services to applications.
F
FCB
File Control Block. A kernel file system
memory resident data structure
containing information about a file
including metadata.
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface A
high-speed fiber-optic local area network
that is based on the token ring standard.
file
A collection of related data, such as:
•Text
•Tables
• Digitized audio and visual records
file import
A DataMgr feature that imports data
from a “foreign” archival file system into
DataMgr to be archived by AMASS.
file replication
A storage policy that migrates files from
a client machine through DataMgr and
AMASS to a primary storage library. The
data is then replicated (copied) to a
maximum of three other storage devices.
FileServ
™
FileServ acts as an online storage node
for specific libraries by managing online
user data and providing quick response to
client requests for data. When data is not
required for active processing, FileServ
migrates it to magnetic tape to maintain
free disk space.
file system
An organized set of files that appear as a
part of a directory structure, when used
under UNIX. All files managed by
AMASS are under a mount point whose
default name is /archive. The AMASS
file system is accessed as if it were
located on a local hard drive, instead of
actually residing in media either in a
storage device or even in offline storage.