On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:37:58 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>> 27998, the non-spanned maximum blocksize for 3390 devices,
>
>That's the optimal block size, not the maximum.
>
For QSAM and BSAM, thee maximum block size is 32760. It might
be larger for EXCP.
"non-spanned"? Does 3390 have "spanned" blocks? Track Overflow?
"optimal"? I'd have said "optimum".
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/50843/what-is-the-difference-between-optimal-and-optimum
>________________________________________
>From: Robert Prins
>Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 6:47 AM
>
>On 2020-12-21 18:00, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 19:38:30 +0000, Robert Prins wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=147550
>>>
>Updated to:
>
>It would be useful is the current limit would be raised to a higher value, and
>tentative maximum values could be 27998, the non-spanned maximum blocksize for
>3390 devices, or 32767, the maximum signed value for a halfword, but even a
>value of 1024 or 4096 would be more helpful.
>
One might argue for LINE_MAX, 2048:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.bpxbd00/limitsh.htm
-- gil
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