May not be magic, but it is convenient. It'd be real close to magic if it recognized loadlibs and used 32760 :)
Still, why worry about details the system will handle for you. Production JCL Standards should flag any use of BLKSIZE=. It's not required and often wrong. Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Optimal Tape Blocksize > > >Bigger the better, but I just use SDB :) > > SDB is not magic. > On disk, it's as close to half track, as possible, without going over. > On tape, it's as close to the maximum as possible. > > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
