On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 16:07:31 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>A zFS is stored in a VSAM linear data set. I found "Only extended-format 
>key-sequenced data sets can be compressed." at 
>https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.idad400/compdta.htm
> 
This is a plausible consequence of not using keys:  There's no easy way
to access a given datum.

>________________________________________
>From: PINION, RICHARD W
>Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 10:00 AM
>
>Can a ZFS dataset be defined with the DATACLAS zEDC compression option?  I'm 
>looking for a way
>to reduce the size of our SMPNTS datasets.
>
Since the payload of SMPNTS is .pax.Z files; software compressed,
there's little benefit in adding hardware compression.

-- gil

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