Hiperspaces were designed to reside in expanded storage (which was even intended to be shared by machines somewhere in a future universe). I think this has never been rewritten, but I remember reading that expanded storage is now virtualized in central storage.
Kees. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Ginnane Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 3:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS and hiperspaces On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:39:19 +0000, Rob Scott wrote: >For MVS/ESA and upwards, dataspaces were great for expanding the virtual >storage available horizontally Which I always thought was a monumental kludge - especially as IBM was peddling the corporate myth that "our platform" didn't need 64-bit. I note the 2.1 manuals (at least) still refer to expanded memory usage for hiperspaces. Hmmm. > 64-bit memory objects offer so much more. Now it does - took a long time to get here. The initial implementation didn't even have SMF support. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
