I believe IBM's use of MTTR for the address of a record on disk goes back to OS360 and HASP. Not exactly new.
""Ted MacNEIL"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>... > >JES2 SPOOL addressing uses 4 byte MTTR where > >M is SPOOL extent number > >TT is track address (up to 64K) > >R is record number > > Why does IBM always do that? > Why do they continue to confuse us by appropriating other anacronyms > and re-using them? > > I remember when an electonics engineer was in an IMS course with me > (circa 1981), and he was continually getting confused about PCB. > > Programme Control Block > Printed Circuit Board > > And, they have done it over and over again. > > The term they 'steal' is usually a well-established and understood > term in another discipline. > > > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 13:47:23 > To:[email protected] > Subject: Re: JES2 MTTR > > >Unfortunately Ted didn't take sufficient account of the qualification > >in your Subject line. > > I know of no other meaning for MTTR. > I have been involved in availability and other service levels for 26 > years. > > If there is another meaning, please enlighten me. > > I did state that my version of MTTR did apply to more than just JES2 > (or even just IT). > > Mean Time To Recover. > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
