It does not happen too much anymore on the mainframe, at least not too noticeable.
But we always called it 'Storage Creep'. It just keeps on creeping up until IPL time, if you didn't catch it in time... - ----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P S Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Secret Service plans IT reboot On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Ward, Mike S <[email protected]> wrote: > Why is it called a memory leak? I think that's a distributed term. We > used to call it something else on the mainframe, but I can't remember > what. > Core cancer? Hmm, in a few years this list will mainly consist of folks asking for the meaning of terms they've forgotten! (Not zingin' ya, I did it yesterday ...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
