I could be wrong, but doesn't SMS stop IMBED and REPLICATE being used now anyway? Maybe it is under some circumstances (extended format?).
Whatever, duplicating a index CI around a whole track is going to cost time during index updates. I am not current on the latest dasd and caching, but I seem to remember that the duplication used to pollute the cache and so had an effect on performance. It probably worked fine on 3330s. Those were the days! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Poil Java z/OS Level 3 Service IBM United Kingdom Limited, Hursley Park, Winchester SO21 2JN Internal: 246824 External: +44 (0)1962 816824 Java debugging: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/diagnosis/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
