-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 4:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Calculate Tape Bytes to Tracks
>someone will correct me if I am incorrect - but i believe that the maximum blocksize on DASD (3390-compatible) to assure 2 blocks per track is 27998 That is correct. But, that is not the statement I was responding to. IBM allows you to shoot yourself in the foot, and you can specify a blocksize greater than 27998. BTW, you can specify greater than 32760. I specify 32767 with SMF data all the time on disk. <SNIP> Since you bring it up indirectly, shouldn't LBI allow for full track writes? Regards, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
