I just found out you have a PMR open so no need to send anything to the DFSORT Hotline. The same people will be investigating this through the PMR process.
Have a nice day, Dave Betten DFSMS Performance Engineer IBM Corporation email: [email protected] 1-301-240-3809 DFSORT/MVSontheweb at http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort/ IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 07/18/2014 06:26:32 PM: > From: David Betten/Gaithersburg/IBM@IBMUS > To: [email protected] > Date: 07/18/2014 06:27 PM > Subject: Re: DFSORT Performance > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > There are many variables that we don't know from the information you > provided. For a SORT, we have to allocate many other areas of virtual > storage for sortwork buffers, etc. Also, I don't know which access method > DFSORT is using for your SORTIN, what release of DFSORT, etc. Your best > bet is to send a note to the DFSORT Hotline and include the job outputs > from both your runs. Not just the DFSORT messages but the entire job > output. The DFSORT Hotline is [email protected] > > > Have a nice day, > Dave Betten > DFSMS Performance Engineer > IBM Corporation > email: [email protected] > DFSORT/MVSontheweb at http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort/ > > IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on > 07/18/2014 02:46:30 PM: > > > From: "Neil E. Ervin" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Date: 07/18/2014 02:56 PM > > Subject: DFSORT Performance > > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > > Two simple DFSORT jobs (one COPY and one SORT). > > > > One calls the COPY function using an INCLUDE which eliminates all the > records. > > The second calls the SORT function with the same INCLUDE eliminating > > all the records so the final SORT is never executed. > > > > The OPTION COPY does the same number of EXCPS but uses ½ the CPU and > > does larger I/Os (3-4 times as large) as the SORT. It also runs 4 > > times as fast as the SORT. > > > > The problem with slow SORT appears to be related to the small number > > of buffers used for the SORT function versus the OPTION COPY. > > > > How do we allocate more buffers or storage for the SORTIN file? > > > > Thanks, > > > > OPTION COPY > > INCLUDE COND=(26,6,CH,EQ,C'NEVERF') > > > > And > > > > INCLUDE COND=(26,6,CH,EQ,C'NEVERF') > > SORT FIELDS=(22,4,CH,A) > > > > > > > > Neil E. Ervin > > > > Mainframe Performance Analyst > > Mainframe/Midrange Services > > > > Wells Fargo Compute Platform Services l North Carolina (Eastern Time > Zone) > > MAC D1112-023 > > Cell 910-477-2536 l Text Pager: [email protected]<mailto: > > [email protected]> > > > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > TOG Recognition<http://teamworks.portal.wellsfargo.com/portal/site/ > > teamworks/menuitem.bc20064d3988cfc006d0c110cd2db1a0/? > > vgnextoid=e14ce1890b6af010VgnVCM1000008c321b0aRCRD> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
