I hate defrag. Hate it with a passion. Scheduled defrags usually mean the Storage Admin needs a little help and guidance...
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of > Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:13 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Defrag > > >But I don't know an easy, automated, reliable way to get it done. Run DFDSS > defrags hourly, every 8 hours, every day, ... ? > > We used to run it frequently, daily, half-daily, and by shift. > But, with a fragmentation index. > > The first time was slow, but each subsequent run sped up. > > Also, we would defrag test volume at night, and Production (batch) during the > day. > > Online rarely needed it. > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
