Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote:
"Shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 09:53 +0200, R.S. wrote:
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
True, but not all VTOCs have INDEXes
Why not in this day and age?
Even my non-SMS volumes, few that they may be, have an index.
They were out long before SMS was.
My SPOOL volumes (or rather JES2 SPOOL volumes) have no index. And small
VTOC.
I had similar thoughts - not to mention a page pack or two ...
Shane ...
Valid reasons, however our spool and page pack do have indexes, just because of
the rule: one size fits all. One initialization procedure for all avoids having
to think and possibly make errors. What is a few tracks in a Terabytes Dasd
configuration?
It does make a sense, however I'd prefer "two sizes" - not to many, not
individually assigned for every volume. I don't consider it as error
prone, since:
1. It is done by wise admins, not dummy enduser.
2. Vast majority of volumes are under SMS, the only difference is
because of volume size (mod3, mod9, mod27). All "special" formats are
solely for system volumes, like SPOOL or PAGE. Special format is done
under special caution - it isn't done day by day.
BTW: I remain my colleague rant on me: "Stupid! you wasted 2 cylinders!
on the volume!". <g>
--
Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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