On Mon, 7 Sep 2015 17:59:22 +0200, Peter Hunkeler wrote:

>>What type of dataset? PS, PO, PDSE, ...? The optimal block size for PDSE 
>>(FB-80, DSNTYPE=LIBRARY) is 32720.
>
>Yes, its about PDSEs. Kind a makes sense, sure. However I have been using 
>PDSEs for a long time and don't seem to remeber to have seen this. Must have 
>been blind (meaning I didn't care to look to carefully), obviously.
> 
And the BLKSIZE is largely fictitious:  You can OPEN with any BLKSIZE that's a
multiple of 80 and process members without error.  I suspect it's saved only to
appease legacy programs that require that it be supplied in the label.

-- gil

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