What kind of hardware? Some modern DASD is already striped. More, a 'volume' is just a logical construct that often spans physical volumes.
If you are looking for performance, half track blocking (BLKSIZE=0) and lots of buffers has worked really, really well for me. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason To Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 9:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Sequential Data Striping We are currently in the process of evaluating the usage of sequential data striping in our batch. However after implementing this SMS feature, we have encountered lots of E37 abends. Currently we have define the data striping with 4 stripes and found out that if one of the 4 volumes are almost, it will abend with E37. Adjusting the file allocation doesn't help. Any input how to get around this problem aside from defining with more stripes? It seems there's a limitation that SMS won't allow multivolume allocation. TIA. Regards, Jason NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
