>thus reducing CPU overhead and the chance of RPS miss. That is so five minutes ago.
1. ECKD got rid of most overhead 2. RAID took care of the rest. 3. Talk about cache. Allocate with whatever units you wish. Performance issues regarding cylinder, block, track allocation are long gone. Can you say: "Define Extent"? - 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

