IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 03/25/2011 12:16:23 PM:
> > If z/OS now supports 4TB of central storage, then IBM has presumably > tested it somewhere. Which means it's possible to have 4TB really there. > > Bill Fairchild > Rocket Software > Jim Mulder pisze: > > IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on > > 03/24/2011 > > 11:04:20 AM: > > > >> Another reason why it was a joke is because a V=R address space with > >> REGION=150GB would imply that the system has at least 150GB of > >> central storage, which, AFAIK, has not yet happened in the z/OS > >> world. And, if the system has less than that, then the job will > >> never > > start. > > > > z/OS 1.8 supports up to 4TB of central storage. > > Prior to z/OS 1.8, the limit was 128GB. I will try to be a bit more clear. The design point of z/OS 1.8 is to support up to 4TB of central storage. A z196 can have up to 3TB of central storage installed, with up to 1TB in a single logical partition. So we have not tested z/OS with anything larger than 1TB at this time. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
