Bow out at any time. > It is simply *not worth* to discuss. I simply don't care about wasted track in my PDS. >-- >Radoslaw Skorupka >Lodz, Poland >
Not sure anyone stated 44, 45, 46 were magic numbers, We stated how many fit on a track and how we were willing to try to use that in our allocations. There is no magic to the numbers. You need as many directory blocks as you need to hold as many members as you will have and not one more. So the discussion was turning back to what vendors should provide since what they deliver is usually too small. Otherwise, someone likes an entire cylinder, although if he filled his 674 directory blocks then it wasn't enough, others like to fill tracks, and others do not care. Voicing our opinions is not a waste of time to those who wish to continue. It provides input to those who do not have any idea how many directory blocks to allocate. Knowledge is power. For some of us, those wasted tracks add up and when multiplied by inefficient allocation practices just gets worse. That you can afford to not be as efficient as you can is great for you. Some of us struggle to run with what we have. For my stuff, PDSE rules unless I have a loadlib. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
