In the ESS/2105 book I have, there is an entire chapter on the Multi-Path Lock Facility. There are also some options that can be set in the Define Extent operands that are ACP (now called TPF, the Transaction Processing Facility) specific, such as record caching. These facilities were supported in some earlier control unit generations (e.g., 3990). Bill Fairchild Franklin, TN
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