> > Are many shark shops using open system formatted DASD for z/Linux?

> More and more every day.  It's *much* faster than ECKD.

http://www.perfassoc.com/jsc/pdf/papers/flex-es_io_performance_02.pdf

zSeries emulation on Intel maps ECKD onto open systems formatted DASD.  It can be 
blindingly
fast.

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