RE: Upgrade Options

>
> > GULP!  I just recently had a user with a runaway job that ate up
> > almost
> > all of my existing disk space.  When I left work that day, I was at
> > 86%.  My system paged me in the middle of the night warning me that we
> > were at almost 98%!  Whew...good thing I was able to dial in and do an
> > endjob in time.  I thought everyone would like a good horror story!

SNIP

>
> You may want to look at using DST to set your alarm level a little
> lower.
> Don't remember what the default is, we have ours set to 90%.
>
>  -Steve Cotes

SNIP

90% is the default but buried in the manuals is text on how to set it based 
on how much DASD you have. 90% of 10gb  leaves 1gb free, 90% of 100gb leave 
10gb free which maybe more than needed. If I remember correctly on large 
systems 98% may be just right.


Kirk Goins - AS/400 Systems Administrator
Legacy Health Systems - Portland, OR
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