Gil, OP mentioned his LRECL is 290, so with SDB the optimal blocksize is 27998 for an lrecl of 290
Thanks, Kolusu From: Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 01/16/2018 11:30 AM Subject: Re: DFSORT for HTTP logs - RECFM and BLKSiZE? Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:26:50 -0700, Sri h Kolusu wrote: > >If the RECFM is V then you can LRECL+4 as the blocksize , or you can even >code BLKSIZE=27998 > Likewise, you can use longest line + 4 (for RDW) as LRECL. But be generous: tomorrow's log may contain a longer line. Is there any reason not to use BLKSIZE=32760? (Does SDB work here?) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN