SHOWCYLALLOC Command | Troubleshooting Teradata Virtual Storage | Vantage - SHOWCYLALLOC - 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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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

Shows a summary of the number of allocated and free cylinders on the system, categorized by the performance grade of the storage media where they are stored.

If local storage for spool is configured, the LOCAL row is shown in the summary.

Syntax

{ SHOWCYLALLOC | SHOWC }

SHOWCYLALLOC Output

 SYSTEM WIDE CYLINDER ALLOCATION SUMMARY
  +---------------+--------+-------------+--------+----------------+
  |    STORAGE    |  TOTAL |  ALLOCATED  |  FREE  |    FREE GBs    |             
  +---------------+--------+-------------+--------+----------------+
  | FAST RESERVED |   3704 |         272 |   159  |      1.891271  |
  +---------------+--------+-------------+--------+----------------+
  | FAST          |   1248 |         322 |   926  |     11.014570  |
  +---------------+--------+-------------+--------+----------------+
  | MEDIUM        |   3688 |           2 |  3686  |     43.844173  |
  +---------------+--------+-------------+--------+----------------+
  | SLOW          |   1292 |          22 |  1270  |     15.106376  |
  +---------------+--------+-------------+--------+----------------+
  | LOCAL         |   1988 |         118 |  1870  |     22.243247  |
  +---------------+--------+-------------+--------+----------------+
 
 SYSTEM WIDE CYLINDER ALLOCATION SUMMARY
  +---------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
  |    STORAGE    |    TOTAL    |  ALLOCATED  |     FREE    |    FREE GBs   |
  +---------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
  | FAST RESERVED |        3704 |         272 |        3432 |     40.822899 |
  +---------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
  | FAST          |       17744 |          56 |       17688 |    210.394943 |
  +---------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
  | MEDIUM        |       52496 |           0 |       52496 |    624.428589 |
  +---------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
  | SLOW          |       18486 |           0 |       18486 |    219.894913 |
  +---------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+

Cylinder size is 23232 sectors on this system

Related Information

The following Ferret commands are used with Teradata Virtual Storage, a storage product available from Teradata. For more information about these commands, see Teradata® Virtual Storage, B035-1179:
  • BEGIN OPTIMIZE
  • CANCEL OPTIMIZE
  • FORCE