Hello list (and hopefully DFSort lab),
We had a very large DFSort job that abended because of insufficient Sortwk space with message ICE083A, indicating that 4 times 65535 tracks were not enough. Looking for options to raise the default of 4 Sortwk's, I ran into 2 questions to which I could not find the answer: 1. I cannot find any recommandations in the DFSort manuals about the optimum number of Sortwk's. Spreading more Sortwk's about more devices is in generally advisable, but in modern storage devices less relevant than before. Does DFSort really not care whether it has 5, 50 or 255 Sortwk's and how do I determine the optimum number of Sortwk's? 2. From the manual I understood that the number of Sortwk's that I specify in the DYNALOC parameter of the ICEMAC macro's specified the *maximum* number of Sortwk's DFSort was allowed to take and that it does not force dymanic allocation, nor the number of Sortwk's. Tests we did seem to show that DFSort, when it dynamically allocates Sortwk's, will always allocate the number of Sortwk's in the ICEMAC macro. Is this correct? Thanks for your clarifications, Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
