For the archive: Fan-in & Fan-out are the way to go.
Fan In-Fan Out can only be deployed when using switched-FICON see: http://www.cmg.org/measureit/issues/mit25/m_25_3.html Understanding FICON Performance SHR 7345 Rez ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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