VM Paging volumes should be WHOLE thingies, whatever it is on, us the who le thing. I would go for multiple MOD3 volumes with some spares to add later if/whe n you need them. Use MOD9s for real data volumes. /Tom Kern
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:09:56 -0500, Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I got a great Christmas present! 8G dedicated to our new z/VM and zLinux pilot and new ficon attached DASD (9990V) to replace the escon DASD. The new DASD has both mod3 and mod9. >As an old MVS dinosaur I'd create many different paging volumes on small er disk (mod3) but there is some pressure to use the mod9's. It is a pilot s o I have no idea what our load is going to look like. Obviously my mileage ma y vary but what is in use out there? Any thoughts, good or bad, about a mod 9 for paging other than the possibility of contention? > >Thanks > >Bobby Bauer >Center for Information Technology >National Institutes of Health >Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 >301-594-7474 >======================== ========================= =======================
