On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 03:21:23PM +0100, Remco Post wrote: > >to be aware of. In TSM 5.3, the handling of FILE volumes was changed. > >All writes to such a volume is now done in blocks of 256 KiB minimum, > >even when the object itself is much smaller.
> and IBM sells this as WAD? Does this also affect tape storage (not likely). I quote from the PMR: "The over head should affect sequential access volumes in general, however there are other factors that can come in to play on a physical tape devices that would not affect a file devclass. These other factor can include volume capacity, hardware compression and the block or header sizes dictated by the actual device. Because of these conditions, the waste seen on a FILE volume may not have the same impact or even noticeable on tape volumes." So your mileage may vary, I guess... -- Jurjen Oskam
