> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 3:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: capacity of largest drive > >
<snip> > Etc. I suspect that those who say increasing the 3390 values to > anything larger would introduce compatibility problems are right. > Isn't it time to stop taking small steps, which are incompatible > anyway, and progress to FBA, preferably with 64-bit addressing? > > -- gil What?!? Only 64-bit? Sun has announced that they have a 128-bit capable filesystem (3.4E38 bytes)! We __must__ respond to this blatant attack by announcing a 512 bit capable filesystem. This is approximately 1.34E154 bytes. We'll just convert the entire structure of the Earth into a data repository to contain this amount of data <yeah, sure>. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
