While I agree that xip2 is (really) great thing, what everyone recommending it's use is missing is this: Bill Scully went to great effort to document just how to set up a workable basevol/guestvol arrangement. No one has really done that for xip2. The documentation you point to is very thorough, but most people want cookbooks they can follow, since they don't have the time available to figure things out themselves. (That's one reason why IBM Redbooks have always been very popular.)
If someone were to come up with a cookbook for a basic, workable xip2 implementation, I believe it would result in a better level of acceptance in "the field" than it does today. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carsten Otte Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Shared OS DASD -snip- In case you're running on z/VM, consider using DCSS with xip2 filesystem instead of shared dasd. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
