As one of the SWAPGEN authors, I've watched this discussion.
I'd note that Barton's original statement stands, in the context in which he
said it: VDISK has always provided better *performance* in every observed case.
The concerns about using up real memory have never been supported by the
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Phil Smith III li...@akphs.com wrote:
The pathological cases of This guest runs away, real Swap DASD gives me a
chance to control it are perfectly valid, but don't contradict the statement
that VDISK is better *for performance*; rather, they support it.
Let
On: Fri, May 01, 2009 at 09:02:33PM -0500,Marcy Cortes Wrote:
} I think John has the answer. How big are your checkpoint and warm start
areas?
}
} 9 cyl. As big as it gets.
That SHOULD be big enough, so keep looking. O well.
Its been a while since I allocated a ckpt or warm area. Is
Thanks Rob!
Thank You,
Terry Martin
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On 5/1/09 4:20 PM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote:
Morituri te Salutant! :-)
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, sed dulcius pro patria vivere, et
dulcissimum pro patria bibere. Ergo, bibamus pro salute patriae.
-- db
