It might be obsolete talk. (Now I feel as old as some other on this list :) It wasn't always crazy talk and I don't think it is now. Keeping page datasets the same size was a "good idea" not that long ago. (sometime last decade :) Today, I still think for consistency and grins and easier space management, they should be the same size.
Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jerry Whitteridge > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 9:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DFSORT Weirdness > > Jim, > > So I don't have to keep my local page datasets all the same size anymore ? > > (Like many this was a rule I had ingrained to always have all local pages > datasets the same size) > > Jerry Whitteridge > Lead Systems Programmer > Safeway Inc. > 925 951 4184 > > If you feel in control > you just aren't going fast enough. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Jim Mulder > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 10:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DFSORT Weirdness > > -----cut------ > That's just crazy talk. While there might be some load balancing > related motivations for using similar sized page data sets, ASM most > certainly uses the full capacity of all of the data sets when > calculating auxiliary storage shortage thresholds. > > ----cut ----- > > > "Email Firewall" made the following annotations. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Warning: > All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail > system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the > recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended > only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message > is > not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this > message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying > of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in > error, please notify the sender immediately. > > =============================================================== > =============== > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
