..and then think...a disk failure on a one-pack sysplex. Scary! John Compton
Phone Cork: +353 (0)21 231 4641; Phone VOIP: 214-775-3641 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: 14 August 2008 17:25 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Here we go again (was z/OS Hot Topics 19) > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe > > McKown, John wrote: > > Nah, call it the 3390EL for "Excessively Large". I cannot imagine > > backing that monster up. But, then, compared to my PC's 500 > Gb drive??? > > 500 GB is nothing compared to the architectural limit for > EAV. We're talking about over two hundred terabytes per volume! > > Fortunately, IBM has taken a sensible approach and merely > quadrupled the maximum volume size for the first generation > of EAV over the existing 54GB per volume limit for shark/ESS. > > Once the performance issues are identified and dealt with, > much larger individual volume sizes should be possible. We > could be looking terabyte-sized volumes within just a few years! Just think.... A one-pack sysplex! -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
