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VMS Help SET, SHADOW, Qualifiers, /READ_COST *Conan The Librarian |
/READ_COST=n ddcu:
/READ_COST=n DSAn:
/READ_COST=n $n$DGAn:
Note: Do not include any HBMM-specific qualifiers in a command
with this qualifier; doing so causes the command to fail.
Enables you to modify the default cost assigned to each shadow
set member (ddcu:). By modifying the assignments, you can bias
the reads in favor of one member of a two-member shadow set
or, in the case of three-member shadow sets, in favor of one
or two members of the set over the remaining members. The device
specified must be a shadow set or member of a shadow set that is
mounted on the system where the command is issued.
The valid range for the specified cost is 1 through 65,535 units.
The shadowing driver assigns default READ_COST values to shadow
set members when each member is initially mounted. The default
value depends on the device type and its configuration relative
to the system mounting it. The following list of device types
is ordered by the default READ_COST assignments, from the lowest
cost to the highest cost:
o DECram device
o Directly connected device in the same physical location
o Directly connected device in a remote location
o DECram served device
o Default value for other served devices
The value supplied by the /READ_COST qualifier overrides the
default assignment. The shadowing driver adds the value of the
current queue depth of the shadow set member to the READ_COST
value and then reads from the member with the lowest value.
Different systems in the cluster can assign different costs to
each shadow set member.
When this qualifier specifies a shadow set (DSAn:) instead of a
shadow set member, the /READ_COST qualifier switches the read
cost setting for all shadow set members back to the default
read cost settings established automatically by the shadowing
software. The specified shadow set must be mounted on the system
where the command is issued.
You cannot specify a value for /READ_COST when you specify /ALL.
If the /SITE command qualifier has been specified, the shadowing
driver takes site values into account when it assigns default
READ_COST values. In order for the shadowing software to
determine whether a device is in the category of "directly
connected device in a remote location," the /SITE command
qualifier must have been applied to both the shadow set and the
shadow set member.
Reads requested for a shadow set from a system at site 1 are
performed from a shadow set member that is also at site 1. Reads
requested for the same shadow set from site 2 can read from the
member located at site 2.
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