>Our process to offload the SMF data from the MAN files waits until all MAN >files are full. >(Yes - I will be fixing that).
I've never worked in an environment that did it that way, so I won't comment. >So it forces a switch SMF between each step. >Because the MAN files are small on very active systems >(Yes - I will be >fixing that), any time I can save in switching will reduce the amount of time >I am buffering SMF. I'd suggest that you do fix the two above. Then 1.5 minutes won't be an issue. It's a symptom -- NOT the problem. As to size, I'd recommend 2G per and a minimum of 6. I used to work for a large CICS shop, and we were dumping every 20 minutes during the peak. But, we didn't have any issues since dumping was asynchronous. - I'm a SuperHero with neither powers, nor motivation! Kimota! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
