If z/OS now supports 4TB of central storage, then IBM has presumably tested it somewhere. Which means it's possible to have 4TB really there.
Bill Fairchild Rocket Software -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 2:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Region size Jim Mulder pisze: > IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> wrote on > 03/24/2011 > 11:04:20 AM: > >> Another reason why it was a joke is because a V=R address space with >> REGION=150GB would imply that the system has at least 150GB of >> central storage, which, AFAIK, has not yet happened in the z/OS >> world. And, if the system has less than that, then the job will >> never > start. > > z/OS 1.8 supports up to 4TB of central storage. > Prior to z/OS 1.8, the limit was 128GB. AFAIK it's hard to buy a machine with 4TB of memory, especially those compatible with z/OS. ;-) Not to mention, the thread comes from - let's say it diplomatically - irrational user request. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- BRE Bank SA ul. Senatorska 18 00-950 Warszawa www.brebank.pl Sd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sdowego, nr rejestru przedsibiorców KRS 0000025237 NIP: 526-021-50-88 Wedug stanu na dzie 16.07.2010 r. kapita zakadowy BRE Banku SA (w caoci wpacony) wynosi 168.248.328 zotych. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
