> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: BLOCK CONTAINS > > On Mon, 25 May 2009 19:13:43 -0700, Gibney, Dave wrote: > > > >OK, but how is this desire not satisfied via AVGREC allocations? Oh, it > >is and you'll claim your applications folks can't handle the concept. > > > AVGREC is: > > o Woefully misleading; it seems to abbreviate AVeraGe RECord size, > with which it appears to have nothing to do (or is there another > etymology I'm missing totally?) > > o A desperate measure to deal with an inadequate sized bit field > in some control block; a bizarre base-1024 floating point. > > Why can't I code: > > SPACE=(133,20480000) and have the converter do the algebra > > rather than be forced to do the computation myself and code: > > SPACE=(133,20000),AVGREC=K > > Isn't that what computers are supposed to be for?
Misleading or kludgy, it does work. In my DATACLASs, I use 1 for the size, leading me to easy xK and xM allocations. Then, make them bigger anyway and be sure to use RLSE. Now, If I was to complain, I'd wonder why RLSE doesn't play well with Multi-Volume striping? > > >> And I could have my "beloved" FBA architecture mapped onto standard SAN > >> resident storage. Oh, except for some things like PDSes. PDSes are the > >> legacy of the devil, IMO. But the cost to eliminate them would likely > be > >> horrendous for things like IPL and NIP. > >> > Nowadays, many of the despised "squatty boxes" can boot from > the network. Why should our beloved z/OS be so far behind? > Yah, it _is_ rocket science, but this _is_ the 21st century. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
