In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/15/2006
at 08:39 AM, David Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Is this really so? When SMF reports a particular number of EXCPs, I
>believe it's really just counting blocks
It's counting EXCP's and adjusting the count to allow for chaining.
Keep in mind, however, that block count is not a cost factor; channel
connect time is. So the real question is how much more overhead does a
read of multiple small blocks have than a read of one large block.
Yes, there's some extra time for the additional count areas, but is it
more than noise when the record is large?
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