>Is this that simple? The fastest I/O is the I/O you don't do. With VIO you >have a good chance to keep all data in storage, depending on the amount of >real storege, your UIC and your paging. But in modern systems I think you have >a good chance to eliminate all I/O with VIO datasets.
Remember, though, VIO's code path is a lot longer than a physical I/O (buffered or not). With physical I/O response creeping towards 1ms, that can be significant. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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