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Nearline is intended for use with relatively large files and should not be used for a large number of small files.  In fact, files smaller than a certain threshold size may not be moved to tape at all.  
Nearline is intended for use with relatively large files and should not be used for a large number of small files.  In fact, files smaller than a certain threshold size may not be moved to tape at all.  
*Files smaller than ~200MB should be combined into archive files (''tarballs'') using [[Archiving and compressing files|<tt>tar</tt>]] or a similar tool.
*Files smaller than ~200MB should be combined into archive files (''tarballs'') using [[A tutorial on 'tar'|tar]] or a [[Archiving and compressing files|similar tool]].
*Files larger than 300GB should be split in chunks of 100GB using the [[Archiving_and_compressing_files#Other_Useful_Utilities|split]] command or a similar tool.
*Files larger than 300GB should be split in chunks of 100GB using the [[A_tutorial_on_'tar'#split|split]] command or a similar tool.


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