On 5 May 2009 14:46:01 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:

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>>I cannot understand this problem.  When I define the cluster for some reason 
>>the CISIZE of the .INDEX component does not use the same value in the cluster 
>>defintion.  In this case it substitutes 2048 with 3584.  I am befuddled by 
>>this.  Could someone shed some light?  Would this cause a problem for the STC 
>>DFHSM?
>> 
>>Here is my define cluster:
>> 
>>DEFINE CLUSTER -                                          
>>     (NAME(DFHSM.MCDS.COPY) VOLUME(PROD01) -             
>>         CYLINDER(798 0) FILE(HSMMCDS) -                    
>>         RECORDSIZE(435 2040) FREESPACE(0 0) -              
>>         SPEED BUFFERSPACE(530432) -                        
>>         INDEXED KEYS(44 0) SHAREOPTIONS(3 3) -             
>>         UNIQUE NOWRITECHECK)  -                            
>>     DATA  (NAME(DFHSM.MCDS.COPY.DATA) CISZ(4096) ) -    
>>     INDEX (NAME(DFHSM.MCDS.COPY.INDEX) CISZ(2048) )     
>>/*                                                          
I tend to want to know my data and whether I have pathological keys.
If anything, I would tend to have larger index CIs than the default to
guard against bad key compression.
>> 
>>Thanks in advance
>>  
>>
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>Do what I've been telling users for years: let VSAM and IDCAMS figure 
>out the appropriate CISIZE. HSM will use whatever you hand it.
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>Let the system do what it's designed to do. :-)
>
>-- 
>Rick

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