III) Write to requested media
You must instruct the DS-System to write the files to the DS-System's buffer directory.
- F1 Help: See "Disc / Tape Orders".
2. Highlight the Disc/Tape request (the status must be "Purchased").
4. The Generate Files to Buffer screen appears.
- F1 Help: See "Generate Files to Buffer".
- Start [...] Threads: ("Disk" Media Type with Unlimited Size only) The number of threads you want to use to write data to the buffer. You can select from 1 to 99 threads (the default is 3). All threads execute parallel in order to shorten the generation time.
- Path: Shows the default path where the Disc / Tape files will be written. To change the path, type a new path or click [...] to browse for it.
5. The Disc/Tape Meta-data Encryption screen appears. If desired, select an Encryption Method for the meta-data (the descriptive files used by Asigra Cloud Backup™ to manage the Disc / Tape restore).
- F1 Help: See "Disc / Tape Meta-data Encryption".
6. Click OK. The Write to Buffer Process starts.
- Note: The Overwrite Options screen appears if you are retrying the "Write to Buffer" process for a Disc/Tape request and DS-System detects that usable data exists in the Disc/Tape Buffer. This can happen if the previous process was stopped (by the user, because of DS-System shutdown, because connection to Disc/Tape buffer was lost, etc.). You can choose to overwrite the data and restart from the beginning, or try to resume from the point where the last Write to Buffer Process was interrupted.
7. Click OK. When complete, the request status will show "Finished" in the Disc/Tape Orders screen.
8. Copy the data from the buffer directory to the media specified in the customer's order.
9. Ship the media to the customer's specified mailing address. This can be found from Disc/Tape menu > Generate > More Info.
- F1 Help: See "Disc / Tape Order Details".
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