Re: Paging Subsystem -- "Comfortable" Size and Configuration?

2008-03-13 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/12/2008 at 02:50 PM, "Staller, Allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >1) Determine actual working set in use. The working set is relevant to sizing central storage and to tuning distribution across devices, control units and channels. To size local page data sets you

Re: Paging Subsystem -- "Comfortable" Size and Configuration?

2008-03-13 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/12/2008 at 02:55 PM, "Knutson, Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >It may be overkill but I stick with a 1:1 space allocation in page space >to central storage. I'd consider that underallocation, but if you have enough central that you never page, it won't matter.

Re: Paging Subsystem -- "Comfortable" Size and Configuration?

2008-03-12 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 03/12/2008 02:33:10 PM: > Note that HYPER-PAVs don't play in the paging subsystem yet. Still awaiting > word on this issue from IBM (Jim Mulder, maybe?). HyperPAV does work with paging the same way as Dynamic PAV, but you still do need to specify WLM

Re: Paging Subsystem -- "Comfortable" Size and Configuration?

2008-03-12 Thread Chase, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mark Zelden > > [ snip ] > John, > > Have you reviewed chapter 2 of the system initialization and > tuning guide? > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA > 2E151/2.0?SHELF=IEA2BK80&DT=2008011

Re: Paging Subsystem -- "Comfortable" Size and Configuration?

2008-03-12 Thread Staller, Allan
What would be a "comfortable" paging subsystem configuration, especially for the Production LPAR, as to individual size and (especially) number of page datasets? IMO, the "largest needed" paging subsys can be determined as follows: 1) Determine actual working set in use. This is easy if you ar

Re: Paging Subsystem -- "Comfortable" Size and Configuration?

2008-03-12 Thread Knutson, Sam
bold, start simple, grow fast..." -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Paging Subsystem -- "Comfortable" Size and Configuration? Hi, All, In

Re: Paging Subsystem -- "Comfortable" Size and Configuration?

2008-03-12 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:57:55 -0500, Chase, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, All, > >In preparation for z/OS 1.9 we're re-evaluating our paging subsystem >configurations. Currently we're using the same size and configuration >carried forward from "time immemorial", mainly because it still "wor

Re: Paging Subsystem -- "Comfortable" Size and Configuration?

2008-03-12 Thread John Laubenheimer
As a "Rule of Thumb" (and thumbs come in various shapes and sizes ... yours may vary): 1 PLPA dataset 1 COMMON dataset 4 (or more) LOCAL datasets LOCAL datasets should peak at no more that 30 (or so) percent utilization, else the block paging algorithm starts to have problems (the probability o

Paging Subsystem -- "Comfortable" Size and Configuration?

2008-03-12 Thread Chase, John
Hi, All, In preparation for z/OS 1.9 we're re-evaluating our paging subsystem configurations. Currently we're using the same size and configuration carried forward from "time immemorial", mainly because it still "works": Three (3) page datasets of 2,000 cylinders each, with one "in reserve" (avai