AutoCylPackFreeCylThresh - Teradata Vantage - Database Engine 20

Database Utilities

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Database Engine 20
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
20.00
Published
June 2025
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The number of free cylinders below which AutoCylPack (automatic background cylinder packing) will not operate to allocate new cylinders.

Field Group

File System

Valid Range

20 through 100

Default

20

Changes Take Effect

After the DBS Control Record has been written.

Usage Notes

To avoid conflicts with the MiniCylPack task, which runs only when the number of cylinders is critically low, the value of AutoCylPackFreeCylThresh should be greater than the value of the MiniCylPackLowCylProd field.

Related Information

For more information on… See…
AutoCylPack DisableAutoCylPack.
MiniCylPack MiniCylPackLowCylProd, Database Administration, B035-1093.
Free Space Percent FreeSpacePercent, SHOWFSP, Database Administration, B035-1093.