Dean,
> Thanks for the input. > > The file is non-SMS right now. It is reaching the 4gb limit. I am > creating a new pool for this and other VSAM datasets. We're small so > there aren't that many and they all all non-SMS right now. I plan on > moving them over to this pool. The compression sounds good. The apps > folks use straight API's & the ISV products I assume the same but I > will have to check. > I would setup at least two dataclasses, one with compression and the other without compression. Compession can be cpu intensive. Regards, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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