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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:24 am    Post subject: to decide between -table or file Reply with quote

e.g. There is a CICS environment
I have to define a new entity Can it be a table or file
I have to consider the size,
if i dont need alternate indices & its relation to other tables in the application then can i use it as a file ? E.g. an interface file coming into the system

what can the max ksds size be in that case

What is a normally recommended SEGMENTED TABLE SIZE

What are the parameters to be considered & their ranges for using a FILE and for using a table?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

deepa12,

Deepa12.

Check these 2 articles which might give you an idea about vsam Vs DB2


http://www.dbazine.com/db2/db2-mfarticles/mullins-db2orvsam

http://www.xtsoft.com/vsam2db2/pres.html

4 GB is the max space of a KSDS.

Check this link for segment size

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DSNAGH10/5.10.3.1.2?SHELF=&DT=20010212102121&CASE=

Hope this helps...

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks a lot

1.
I also want to know the advantages of VSAM over DB2 or why would we prefer to use VSAM than DB2 Tables
Can you point me to an appropriate link
What i can think of is
Pgm does not need to jump to a different address space to do I-O
VSAM is more close to OS
It is also faster as long as it is primary key based and random access
i think But may be this again depends on the volume of data

what is the Max Key size allowed for KSDS

2. i want to know when we prefer simple, segmented, partitioned table spaces i.e advantage , disadvantage, what van be their max limits for optimum performance
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