Dynamic files work well in most scenarios. We moved most our files to be DYNAMIC and easy to maintain. There could be a difference in speed but I don't believe is a game stopper.
RESIZE it when purged to remove unnecessary space. Cheers! HP On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Scott Zachary <szach...@gardensalive.com>wrote: > I have very little experience with using dynamic (type 30) files and I'm > looking for some pointers in that regard. I have a file that I am > considering creating as a dynamic file. The file will be a log file with > sequential numeric keys. The record size will normally range from about 200 > to 700 bytes, with a probable maximum size of less than 1,000 bytes. We > expect the file to continually grow without deletions and we will likely > purge it annually. What are the pro's and con's of creating this file as > type 30 verses other file types? > > Thanks, > > Scott Zachary > UniVerse Developer > Gardens Alive! Inc > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://u2-universe-unidata.1073795.n5.nabble.com/File-type-30-dynamic-tp41129.html > Sent from the U2 - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > -- *hp* _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users