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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN