On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:25:46 -0600, George Dranes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We've always allocated our SMF files as follows:
>
> DEFINE CLUSTER( -
> CONTROLINTERVALSIZE(26624) -
> TRACKS(6300) -
> NAME(SYS1.MAN2) -
> NONINDEXED -
> RECORDSIZE(26614,32767) -
> REUSE -
> SHAREOPTIONS(2) -
> SPANNED -
> SPEED -
> VOLUME(SYS004) )
>
>I'm just curious since I don't see any optimal settings in any of the
>manuals for recordsize and cisize is this a good allocation?? Any help
>would be appreciated. We are at z/OS 1.7.
>
>
That looks like what I've been using since MVS/ESA 4.3 (for a 3390).
The only thing different I have is:
BUFFERSPACE(106496) -
I'm not sure what IBM manuals or Redbooks say (and if you checked the
right places) but Cheryl Watson has probably hit on this more than
once over the years. I'm sure it gets talked about on MXG-L also and
at CMG.
Regards,
Mark
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