The VTAM application I worked on in the late 80s/early 90s (TPX) had its own storage management routines and an operator display to show usage of each slot pool. "Storage creep" was the visible observation that the totals for each pool were increasing. As the pool with the smallest size maxed out, the next pool would start creeping. By the time the largest pool was full, the address space was minutes from crashing. I think the original code had been written by Morgan Stanley and bought by Duquesne Systems in the early 80s.
IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 08/17/2012 04:18:48 PM: > From: "Ward, Mike S" <[email protected]> > > I believe you are right. Storage Creep does sound familiar. Now they > use the distributed term Memory Leak. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected] > > Mike Ward posted: > "Way back when, we used to call a memory leak something else on the > mainframe. I have used memory leak for so long I forgot what that term was." > > I think I remember hearing "storage creep". ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
