Hi,
In our environment, we have a mix of emulated 3390-9 and 3390-54. When we
have a need for small volumes (page, etc), we use 3390-9s and backfill them
with rarely referenced files - documentation, etc. I tend to keep the system
on 3390-9s (except SMPPTS!), as there was (once) a bit of a performance hit on
the emulated 3390-54s. Not sure if that's still true. The physical drives are
650GB, and with the cache in front of them, I'm not sure it matters anymore.
I'd be interested to hear opinions on this.
Thanks!
BobL
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Skip Robinson
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 1:40 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Mod-9 vs. Mod-27 vs. mixed [ External ]
In the interest of frugality, I asked my storage guys some time ago to allocate
some tiny volumes for JES checkpoint and couple data sets. After a while, they
complained that it was more trouble than it was worth because we mirror most
volumes to the DR site. For every tiny source volume, they needed a
corresponding tiny mirror volume. Periodic DASD refresh (aka upgrade) projects
only added to the complexity. Pennies vs.
pounds.
.
.
JO.Skip Robinson
Southern California Edison Company
Electric Dragon Team Paddler
SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager
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From: "Staller, Allan" <allan.stal...@kbmg.com>
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU,
Date: 02/22/2013 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: Mod-9 vs. Mod-27 vs. mixed
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Space wasted for "small volumes" e.g. XCF couple datasets. Just a talking
point. With Hyper-PAV, etc. most of the other points are just "hot air".
The convenience of not having to support multiple "geometries".
<snip>
A client with DS8000 DASD configured as a mix of 3390 Mod9 and Mod27s is
considering a project to convert everything to Mod-27. Does anyone out
there have some thoughts on the advantages or disadvantages of this? I'm
not looking to start a religious discussion or other "dinotribe," so feel
free to respond to me privately. I'm just interested in perspective and
talking points, either way.
</snip>
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