In a recent note, Tom Marchant said: > Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 10:29:18 -0500 > > >> In the case of RECFM=VBA, LRECL=137, BLKSIZE=27998 (SDB), one might > >> assume an average unused space at the end of each block to be 1/2 > >> of 137. 69 bytes out of 27,998 bytes is about 0.25%. > >> > >I don't understand "unused space at the end of each block". Surely > >the interblock gap isn't larger by that amount, so the unused space > >must exist within the block. The only way I know this can occur is > >if RECFM=VBS and the block ends with a null segment. I don't believe > >this is commonly done. > > > Sorry, I didn't say that clearly. I meant that when a short block > is written, the amount of unused space at the end of the track will > increase by the difference between BLKSIZE and the length of the > block actually written. > However, if enough short blocks are written, the "unused" space may accumulate to enough to contain an entire block, and the short block may cause the unused space to actually decrease.
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