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  • Subject: Re: Too Much DASD
  • From: PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 22:17:04 -0500 (CDT)

At 03:49 PM 5/8/97 -0400, Neil wrote:
>PaulMmn wrote:
>> 
>> We're expanding our 2 AS/400 model 320s to More DASD Than Possible.  We're
>> going beyond the normal limits to DASD.  This requires special dispensation
>> from IBM, along with some PTFs &c.
>
>Wow - more than 259.6GB !!  Those user built queries sure do eat up the
>disk don't they !   ;-)


*PBBBBLLLLLLLTTTTTTTTT!!!******

We -do- try to keep the user outfiles under control.  However, when they
forget to join all of the files together by hand...    *sigh*

It seems users come to expect being able to view 20 years of old invoices
on-line...   (I exagerate)  Our on-line history tends to grow by leaps and
bounds; seems every new application needs massive chunks of data to support it. 


--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com

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