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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
