Many thanks for that Redbook link, it had exactly what I needed in section 2.6.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Harminc Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 9:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Maximum size of a PDSE library? On 21 February 2017 at 19:51, Anthony Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > There was a Redbook entitled 'Partitioned Data Set Extended Usage Guide', > document number SG24-6106-01, dated May 2005 (so it very much pre-dated PDSE > V2). > > That Redbook stated that that PDSE directories entries were organised in a > balanced B-tree, and that the PDSE pages were either directory pages, or data > pages, not mixed. That information may no longer be accurate, of course. > > I say was, as I searched on the Redbooks site in an effort to provide a link, > using both the document title and number as search terms, but didn't find it. It's still there (as of 2017-02-21 20:31 GMT-5) as a viewable online book, but the PDF does seem to have disappeared. Get it while you can, I guess... https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/SG246106/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
