Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In of87d06c78.43f4a289-on80257cc2.002a9f6c-80257cc2.002c3...@uk.ibm.com, on 04/22/2014 at 09:02 AM, Martin Packer martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com said: VIO has, in any case, been seen as CPU expensive. Because it's simulating a device. I would, however, quite like to see VIO in Memory reborn - with

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-23 Thread Martin Packer
...@patriot.net To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Date: 23/04/2014 12:20 Subject:Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu In of87d06c78.43f4a289-on80257cc2.002a9f6c-80257cc2.002c3...@uk.ibm.com, on 04/22/2014 at 09:02 AM

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-23 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
Of Martin Packer Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 13:42 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice I don't disagree: I didn't really talk implementation but I want to see very large temp data sets in memory, controlled via DFSMS and not too expensive. First step is very

Java Compressed References (Was: SORT and MEMLIMIT best practice)

2014-04-23 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 4/22/2014 4:58 PM, Shane Ginnane wrote: Linux (on x86_64) has been doing it forever - goes even further, allowing reference to a 32 Gig heap rather than just 4 Gig. z/OS Java compressed references also go to 32G. (The USE2GTO32G= keyword on the IARV64 macro should provide valuable insight

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-22 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
I don't know. Regards, Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Scott Ford Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 16:07 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MEMLIMIT best practice Kees: is there any way programmatically

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-22 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 16:31 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice o What are the consequences of allocating SORTWKn to VIO? DFSORT

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-22 Thread Martin Packer
...@klm.com To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Date: 22/04/2014 07:40 Subject:Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-22 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:03:24 +0100, Martin Packer martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com wrote: I think the term pointer compression is relevant here - to java heap just above 2GB. Yes. Very clever. I was trying to find a link to post and found this:

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-22 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 08:46:40 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:03:24 +0100, Martin Packer wrote: I think the term pointer compression is relevant here - to java heap just above 2GB. Yes. Very clever. ... I didn't realize it was being done on other platforms also. Linux (on

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:01:50 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:07:29 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Are there separate pools of real storage for above the bar and below the bar? Pools? No. Pools are a software concept. Real storage with real addresses 2 GiB are below the bar.

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-21 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:44:01 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:01:50 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: Real storage with real addresses 2 GiB are below the bar. Real storage with real addresses 2 GiB are above the bar. ITYM = 2 GiB Right. But what do you call real storage with a

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:44:01 -0500, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:01:50 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:07:29 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Are there separate pools of real storage for above the bar and below the bar? Pools? No. Pools are a

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-21 Thread Martin Packer
: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Mark Zelden m...@mzelden.com To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Date: 21/04/2014 19:19 Subject:Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-19 Thread Martin Packer
paulgboul...@aim.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 2:07:29 PM Subject: Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:54:01 +, DASDBILL2 dasdbi...@comcast.net wrote: ... Giving a gazillion bytes above the bar to process X does not necessarily mean

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-19 Thread Martin Packer
best practice Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu On 4/18/2014 12:02 PM, Martin Packer wrote: BTW SMF 30 also has the limit and how obtained in it. So you can see what an individual job / address space can get at and why. As one might imagine, the system

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Martin Packer
/2014 00:34 Subject:Re: MEMLIMIT best practice Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu On 4/4/2014 12:47 PM, R.S. wrote: I'm looking for some ROT (rule of thumb) for MEMLIMIT. What I learnt: - default limit is set in SMFPRMxx - the limit can be affected

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2014-04-18 01:25, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 4/4/2014 12:47 PM, R.S. wrote: I'm looking for some ROT (rule of thumb) for MEMLIMIT. What I learnt: - default limit is set in SMFPRMxx - the limit can be affected by IEFUSI or other exit (this is not my case) - REGION=0 implies default MEMLIMIT

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
We have 4G, not from recommendations, but from experience. CICS 5.x required this. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 11:49 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MEMLIMIT best

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Chase, John
Of Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 4:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MEMLIMIT best practice We have 4G, not from recommendations, but from experience. CICS 5.x required this. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Vernooij, CP (SPLXM) - KLM
Correct, CICS 4.1 requires 4G. Kees. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 13:49 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MEMLIMIT best practice CICS TS 5.1 requires MEMLIMIT=6G

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Scott Ford
. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 13:49 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MEMLIMIT best practice CICS TS 5.1 requires MEMLIMIT=6G, according to the doc: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com

SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2014-04-18, at 03:48, R.S. wrote: W dniu 2014-04-18 01:25, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 4/4/2014 12:47 PM, R.S. wrote: If you specify absolutely nothing about MEMLIMIT anywhere, the system-provided default is 2G so obviously you can't go wrong with that in SMFPRMxx. Right. IBM's provided

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin On 2014-04-18, at 03:48, R.S. wrote: W dniu 2014-04-18 01:25, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 4/4/2014 12:47 PM, R.S. wrote: If you specify absolutely nothing about MEMLIMIT anywhere, the

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread John Gilmore
I do not remember that IBM has ever characterized its defaults as 'optimal', whatever that may mean without context. What it does try to do---with, I think, reasonable success---is to provide defaults that are innocuous in the sense that they do not give trouble for most jobs most of the time.

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Mark Zelden
My IEFUSI still prevents REGION=0M for all but STCs. Sort of worthless these days on 95% of the systems, but I actually still have some small monoplex LPARs that only have 1.2G - 2G, so the old region=0M and variable length getmain issue is still a valid concern for those LPARs. Actually,

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Paul Gilmartin wrote: R.S. wrote: If you specify absolutely nothing about MEMLIMIT anywhere, the system-provided default is 2G so obviously you can't go wrong with that in SMFPRMxx. Right. IBM's provided defaults are always optimal. Agreed. But, as John Gilmore said, IBM's defaults are

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread David Betten
/storage/dfsort/ IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu wrote on 04/18/2014 01:15:51 PM: From: Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, Date: 04/18/2014 01:16 PM Subject: Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice Sent by: IBM Mainframe

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Gibney, Dave
function? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of David Betten Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 10:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice DFSORT does look at available resources before

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread David Betten
:37:02 PM: From: Gibney, Dave gib...@wsu.edu To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, Date: 04/18/2014 01:37 PM Subject: Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu I don't wish to start a SORT war. :) Syncsort has the GDSM STC which

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread DASDBILL2
MEMLIMIT best practice On 2014-04-18, at 03:48, R.S. wrote: W dniu 2014-04-18 01:25, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 4/4/2014 12:47 PM, R.S. wrote: If you specify absolutely nothing about MEMLIMIT anywhere, the system-provided default is 2G so obviously you can't go wrong with that in SMFPRMxx

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 4/18/2014 7:07 AM, Scott Ford wrote: is there any way programmatically that MEMLIMIT can be queried to determine the value ? 6 RAXLVMemLim Bit(64) RXZ,/* Address Space Memory limit in MB@P8C*/ -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Scott Ford
Ed, Thank you, just what I needed. Much appreciated Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD On Apr 18, 2014, at 2:18 PM, Ed Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com wrote: On 4/18/2014 7:07 AM, Scott Ford wrote: is there any way programmatically that MEMLIMIT can be queried to determine

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Martin Packer
Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Ed Jaffe edja...@phoenixsoftware.com To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Date: 18/04/2014 19:18 Subject:Re: MEMLIMIT best practice Sent by:IBM Mainframe

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:54:01 +, DASDBILL2 dasdbi...@comcast.net wrote: ...  Giving a gazillion bytes above the bar to process X does not necessarily mean that process X will ruin system performance.  The gazillion bytes could also have come from below the bar (for some values of

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Scott Ford
The gazillions of bytes above the bar is great, but I still have customers who complaint because we run ALL31 or AMODE 31 or RMODE 31. I attribute this to unchanged legacy programs over the years. Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD On Apr 18, 2014, at 3:07 PM, Paul Gilmartin

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread DASDBILL2
:07:29 PM Subject: Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:54:01 +, DASDBILL2 dasdbi...@comcast.net wrote: ...  Giving a gazillion bytes above the bar to process X does not necessarily mean that process X will ruin system performance.  The gazillion bytes could also

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Don Imbriale
/ IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu wrote on 04/18/2014 01:15:51 PM: From: Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, Date: 04/18/2014 01:16 PM Subject: Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: SORT ando MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2014-04-18 16:31, Paul Gilmartin pisze: On 2014-04-18, at 03:48, R.S. wrote: W dniu 2014-04-18 01:25, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 4/4/2014 12:47 PM, R.S. wrote: If you specify absolutely nothing about MEMLIMIT anywhere, the system-provided default is 2G so obviously you can't go wrong with

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-18 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 4/18/2014 12:02 PM, Martin Packer wrote: BTW SMF 30 also has the limit and how obtained in it. So you can see what an individual job / address space can get at and why. As one might imagine, the system control block also contains the source of the MEMLIMIT: 6 RAXLVMemLimS FIXED(8) RXZ,

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-17 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 4/4/2014 12:47 PM, R.S. wrote: I'm looking for some ROT (rule of thumb) for MEMLIMIT. What I learnt: - default limit is set in SMFPRMxx - the limit can be affected by IEFUSI or other exit (this is not my case) - REGION=0 implies default MEMLIMIT ignore (MEMLIMIT=inifinity) - gotcha:

MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-04 Thread R.S.
I'm looking for some ROT (rule of thumb) for MEMLIMIT. What I learnt: - default limit is set in SMFPRMxx - the limit can be affected by IEFUSI or other exit (this is not my case) - REGION=0 implies default MEMLIMIT ignore (MEMLIMIT=inifinity) - gotcha: MEMLIMIT=0 does not mean infinity, it really

Re: MEMLIMIT best practice

2014-04-04 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of R.S. I'm looking for some ROT (rule of thumb) for MEMLIMIT. What I learnt: - default limit is set in SMFPRMxx - the limit can be affected by IEFUSI or other exit (this is not my case) - REGION=0 implies default