> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Pace > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:00 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Defrag > > Everything is cheap when you can afford it. > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Hal Merritt > <hmerr...@jackhenry.com> wrote: > > > > > Plus, you are paying quite a performance price with all of that file > > shuffling. DASD is cheap. > > > -- > Mark Pace
But how much is your time worth? And how much is the CPU and I/O overhead for defragging worth? If you have plenty of time to do the work and lots of excess CPU and I/O, then I guess defragging is cheaper. But I don't know an easy, automated, reliable way to get it done. Run DFDSS defrags hourly, every 8 hours, every day, ... ? -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
