For dedicated volumes z/VM won't have to do relocation of seek/search/define extent/locate extent cylinder values. Mind you this is not exactly a taxing task given the typical channel program.
>> Is there is any benefit to using dedicated DASD vs minidisk with 5.2 >> on a z/890 ( No IOASSIST available)? > No, no more than on the z9, really. It really doesn't make that much > difference any more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
