RE: funny system behavior

I'm going to bet that there are some temporary buffers
in use, too.
> You state that the total size of the save files is 2.5GB.  Okay, is that the
> size of the save file on the tape?
>
> Most tapes will compress data, so that 2.5GB could be 5GB, as most compression
> schemes get 50% compression (twice as small on tape) yet can get drastically
> more depending on the data.  I've seen some compression schemes get 90%
> compression on some data.
>
> When you built the save file did you save with compression?
>
> That would probably be some of your DASD discrepancy.  The rest may be in the
> actual data saved, perhaps they are logical files that are being built and so
> take up more room on the DASD than the tape?  (I actually have no idea how 
>OS400
> saves logical files).
>
> HTH
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston
>
> From: Karthikeyan S <ksiwebsphere@yahoo.com>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm facing a peculiar problem.  I have a tape that contains save files & th=
> e total size of the save files is about 2.5 GB.  But if i try to restore to=
>  my AS400 server, with a ASP used % of 70, the ASP used % is shooting up to=
>  more that 90%.  Does that literally mean that the data size is 20 gb ??!!.=
>    I've tried to restore on 2 different servers and gettitng the same resul=
> t.  Why's this happening and are there any solutions for this kind of syste=
> m behavior?