Thanks to all with help on this topic. Cheryl. Thanks very much. I was hoping to find a formula to determine the number of slots, but I think MXG can help with that.
I also was trying to determine if I can swap out 20 Mod3s for 2 Mod27s and not have to create little datasets on the Mod54. I have a sandbox and I will be attempting to arrange some validations of my assumptions. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Cheryl Walker > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 7:30 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Page Data Set Sizes and Volume Types > > Hi Lizette, > > Here's an item from our latest Tuning Letter (2014 No. 3). This might help a little. > > Page Data Set Usage > > Tom Kelman of Xerox Business Services, LLC asked: "I have heard that the > process where the paging subsystem attempts to block pages together to send them > to the paging data sets went away around z/OS 1.7 or 1.8. Is that true, and if so is it > still necessary to keep the percent of local page space used down to 30%?" > > To answer the first part of his question, z/OS 2.1 still supports block paging. The > 30% number is to make the contiguous slot algorithm most efficient. Contiguous > slots are used even if block paging is not in play. > > To answer the second part of his question, yes, the recommendation is still 30%, > although it could be more or less. It's relatively easy to calculate the best value for > your installation. Here is an excellent paper on how to do the calculation: Techdoc > TD104728 (z/OS Availability: Managing SVC Dumps to Mitigate Exhausting the > Paging Subsystem). > > It all has to do with SVC dumps. SRM will identify a storage shortage if you use > more than 70% of the page data sets. While taking an SVC dump, you don't want to > take more than 70% of the page slots. Therefore, IBM recommends that you keep > the total auxiliary dump space and paging space to less than 60% of the slots. It > really depends on how much storage you have, how big your SVC dumps are, and > how many concurrent dumps you are likely to experience. > > We asked Kathy Walsh, Distinguished Engineer at IBM's Washington Systems > Center, whether the availability of Storage Class Memory (SCM) has any effect on > this recommendation. Her reply: > > If you have SCM on the LPAR then assuming its service time is faster it will get > most of the pages, except for VIO which is not written to SCM. So as far as I am > concerned the recommendation has not changed. For locals we still don't want them > more than 30% used. Of course with SCM it will be hard to get to 30% unless there > is a lot of VIO activity. With SCM there has been no change in the Aux DASD IO > support hence nothing has changed which would merit a change in > recommendation. > > And while we're mentioning SCM, we want to remind you of our article in Tuning > Letter 2013 No 3 (IEASYSxx Update): > > [The IEASYSxx keyword] PAGESCM indicates whether and how much storage- > class memory (SCM - also known as FlashExpress or zFlash) to allow for paging > data sets. We described zFlash, which is a priced (about $125K per 1.4 TB in the > U.S.) hardware feature on a zEC12, in our Tuning Letter 2013 No. 1, pages 4-7. Our > recommendation for zFlash was: > > RECOMMENDATION: If SVC dumps are hurting performance, if the start of day > brings serious performance problems, or if you want to provide performance > enhancements in Java, DB2, or IMS, you should consider Flash Express for your > zEC12. It has great potential, and I haven't heard of any downsides. > > Best regards, > Cheryl > > ====================== > Cheryl Watson > Watson & Walker, Inc. > www.watsonwalker.com > cell & text: 941-266-6609 > ====================== > > > > > > On Nov 19, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > I have been reviewing various documents on how to size the Page Data Sets. > > I was wondering if there are any guidelines on what can be used today. This should > be kept to z/OS V1.12, 1.13 and 2.1 which I think will be the more dominant > operating systems in use right now. > > I know that the number of Slots will drive what I allocate. So I am looking for the > following information. I have not done this in many years so I am very rusty. > > 1) How to calculate the number of slots per page datasets > a) I need to base this on 3390 Mod 3/9/27/54 > 2) What do I need to stay away from when determining where the page datasets go > a) For example, if I use a Mod27 and I need to place multiple page datasets > on the volume > Should they all be for the same LPAR if in a PLEX > Should they all be for unique LPARs if in a Plex > 3) What are the maximum values I can create a page dataset? > Can I use a whole Mod3/9/27/54 for ONE page dataset? > > I have looked through Hot Flashes (Cheryl Watson) and MXG sourclib. I have run > through some of the Redbooks and share presentations. > > I am now looking for real life thoughts. I also thought this would be a good topic for > the archives. > > Thanks for any information > > Lizette > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
