On: Mon, May 19, 2008 at 01:43:33PM -0400,Gentry, Stephen Wrote:
} How does zVM store data in it's spool file? More specifically,
Others have mentioned that the spool system, as is most CP data, is made
up of 4k blocks..
A bit more detail: The data in the 4k blocks consists of CCWs that when
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CP speaks in 4K blocks...CMS mostly too, but if you insist you can
format CMS minidisks with 512, 1K or 2K blocksizes too.
2008/5/19 Gentry, Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> How does zVM store data in it's spool file? More specifically,
> in VSE/Power, a decision had to be made as to the block
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> How does zVM store data in it's s
How does zVM store data in it's spool file? More specifically,
in VSE/Power, a decision had to be made as to the block size of the
Power data file (spool file). If you made the block size small, you
utilized space better for small entries but you'd get an increase in
I/O. If you used large block
