Gerhard's point: <begin extract> This seems to be more of a religious war than a practical discussion. </end extract>
is well made, and the devout here are also Luddites. All of the mechanisms mentioned in <begin non-Gerhard extract> EAV or not EAV, guaranteed space or not, candidate volumes, striped or not striped, compressed or not compressed - all of that baggage is clearly non-optimal for getting the job done in a timely manner. Why should allocating a simple sequential file require a team of "Storage Administration" experts to accomplish effectively? </end non-Gerhard extract> have their uses, and the mastery of those uses is not particularly onerous. In fact all systems grow larger and more complex over time as they attempt to encompass new requirements. A yearning for the simpler past or a putatively complication-free future is understandable; but it is not, finally, constructive. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
