Thanks. My boss is working with CA support right now with this new release. We just got it in this morning.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Norbert Friemel > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:53 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: SMS compressed VSAM datasets > > On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:18:12 -0500, McKown, John wrote: > > >Given that the most obvious difference is that what used to > take 3 output tapes is now going to 12 output tapes, the > "slow down" is due to the number of bytes being written to > tape. The bytes read from disk seem be about the same because > the number of cylinders taken by the VSAM dataset is the > same. The "problem" is that Faver is expanding the compressed > bytes in the SMS case but not in the Data Accelerator case. > We are talking to CA about why Faver expands the compressed > bytes when the dataset is SMS compressed instead of just > "sucking it up" using something like a "read track" CCW which > I think would bypass the SMS decompression. > > > >BTW - Faver is working exactly as it is documented to work > in the Faver manual. We just don't like it. <shrug> > > > > There are 2 new export parameters in the current (latest) > Faver version 4.5.0: "SAVECOMP" and "OPTIMIZE". > > From the manual: > "The SAVECOMP parameter directs CA FAVER to export compressed > format KSDS files in their native compressed format. " > > "The OPTIMIZE parameter is used in conjunction with the > SAVECOMP parameter to control the number of tracks read at > one time by DFSMSdss when processing hardware compressed > files. OPTIMIZE is valid only if SAVECOMP is also specified. > If specified, OPTIMIZE must immediately follow the SAVECOMP > parameter. " > > Norbert Friemel > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
