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

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

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: 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: 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