Welcome to the World of replica Catalogs.

Number of files in STAR ~ 2 M That’s a lie !!! Total = 3 M with replicas : File have more than one location site Be aware of site=BNL, site=LBL node 'localhost' by default storage NFS, local, HPSS path itself within a 'storage' unconstraint, path and filename are NOT unique key pairs (use –distinct to ensure it ; -onefile ensures one instance of a file) Number of files on centralized storage : 617986 NFS, disk visible from anywhere in the facility (path ~ /star/dataXX) Number of files on local disk : 131886 local disk are visible only from a unique node