Some might argue that fragmentation breeds fragmentation. Perhaps your root problem is that there needs to be more space. If new allocations can be satisfied with fewer extents in the first place.....
Plus, you are paying quite a performance price with all of that file shuffling. DASD is cheap. Just a thought. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Defrag Well it's not a performance issue I'm trying to resolve. It's simply having the volumes so fragmented that users sometimes have a hard time finding the amount of space they need in 16 extents. NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
