How much disk space was allocated to IFS?

How can I tell how much disk space was allocated to IFS and how much of it is used/available? Can some of the disk space be allocated back to AS/400 space? Is there some type of disk utilization reporting available?

There is a feature of OS/400 that collects disk storage information and then provides a set of reports for analysis. To get to this feature, type GO DISKTASKS from any command line.

Use Option 1 "Collect disk space information" to schedule a regular collection of data.

Use Option 2 "Print disk space information" to run reports from this collected information.

Here is an excerpt from the "System Report":

    System Information
                                            
 Information collected  . . . :   09/23/01  15:00:01       Customize options
specified for this report:
       
                                                           Report type  . .
. . . . . . . . . . . :   *LIB  
 Total disk space on system in 1,000,000                   Libraries  . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . :   *ALL  
   bytes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   927713       Size of smallest
library . . . . . . . :   0     
 Main storage size in megabytes . . . . . :   16384        Sort by  . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . :   *SIZE 
 Machine type-model . . . . . . . . . . . :   9406-730

 System serial number . . . . . . . . . . :   10-0D90M   
                                                              
                                                 % of         Size in

 Description                                     Disk     1,000,000 bytes 
                                             
 User libraries                                 62.92          583757.74

 User directories                                2.09           19348.02

 Folders and documents                    .27             2547.23

The IFS data is listed as "User directories" on this report.

As for allocating some of this data back to AS/400 space, it is all AS/400 space. The AS/400 is a single-level storage system. Unless you purposely separate disks into multiple Auxiliary Storage Pools (ASP), all data, system libraries, user libraries, user directories and folders are spread evenly over all disks.

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