Re: File size

I have found from experience (read unexpected and Nasty IPLs) that *NOMAX is a 
time bomb.  It allows
a file to grow to any size, consuming all available disk.  My rule of thumb is 
to allocate 10x the
number of records expected (unless 10x the size would overfill the disk, then I 
reduce it
accordingly). That is if 1000 records are expected, allocate for 10,000.  If 
10,000 gets hit then it
is probably because of an application or user error.  Better to get the 'file 
full' error than to
crash the system.  Of course the downside is that you need to monitor file 
sizes and adjust them.
This is because since business changes the reaseon that 1000 records was 
expected last year may have
changed to 15,000 this year.

-- 
Larry Bolhuis         |
Arbor Solutions, Inc  | Two rules to success in life:
(616) 451-2500        | 1. Never tell people everything you know.
lbolhui@ibm.net       |

Tim-Bar wrote:
> 
> When creating physical files, is there a disadvantage to using *NOMAX
> for the initial number of records?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Darlene Brengle
> Norsoft, Inc.
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