There are a number of optical disk media types that can be used
with the 3995 optical device. You can use the following media types
in the optical environment:
- 5.25-inch, single-density, WORM optical disk media
- 5.25-inch, double-density, WORM optical disk media
- 5.25-inch, single-density, rewritable optical disk media
- 5.25-inch, double-density, rewritable optical disk media
- 5.25-inch, quad-density, WORM optical disk media
- 5.25-inch, quad-density, rewritable optical disk media
- 5.25-inch, 8x-density, rewritable optical disk media
- 5.25-inch, 8x-density, WORM optical disk media
Note: Unless otherwise stated, continuous composite WORM (CCW)
media is included wherever the terminology double-, quad-, and 8
x-density WORM media is used. For more information on these media
types and the libraries and drives that use them, see
Table 1.
When an object is stored using the OSREQ STORE macro, it is assigned
to a specific Object storage group by the SMS storage group ACS routine.
If the object is stored on an optical volume, OAM selects an optical
volume residing in one of the optical libraries associated with the
Object storage group to which the object has been assigned. See the
description of the DEFAULT MEDIA TYPE parameter
in Defining real 3995 libraries for more information concerning
the DEFAULT MEDIA TYPE option.