Re: This is a software design question - ILE related

At 11:14 PM 8/1/00 +1000, you wrote:
>M
>Hello James,
>
>You wrote:
> >Just to drop in my 2 cents, don't queues just keep growing, eating up
> >disk, even if you remove the entries upon read?  Or has IBM come up with
> >an RGZDTAQ command or something like that?
>
> >The reason I ask is, if you choose the data queues method, how do you
> >manage the delete/recreate in order to reclaim disk storage in a 24/7
> >shop?
>
>Data queues only grow if the entries are added faster than they are 
>removed.  Empty
>entries are reused.  That's why the batch server should check the number 
>of entries on
>the queue and if the server is falling behind, it should start more copies 
>of itself to
>handle the increased work load.

With all due respect, I believe that this information is not correct.  They 
must be periodically deleted and re-created.

Al




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