-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 4:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: really stupid question - z/OS 1.6 and CSTOR > 2Gb <snipage> So if running with more than 2G central was a problem, almost no one would have migrated to 640-bit.
</snipage> I know this was a typo, but 640 bit hit me in such a way that I remembered a goofy statement involving 640K -- no one will ever need more than this. Then I thought about 640 bit. That represents more bytes than there is mass in the universe (leptons, Leprecons electrons, positrons, muons, whatever). In other words, there ain't enough stuff in this universe to build that C-Store, forget getting it close enough to a CPU to make is usable. But while on this subject, how soon will we be able to actually use the 64 bit space and then need to increase it? And where could we reasonably go from there? Later, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
