Richard, Actually the 9393 was the RAMAC virtual array (RVA) made by StorageTek. We just shut ours down about 5 years ago, used 4 GB drives in it. The other RAMAC devices were a 9391 and 9392 (among other numbers) These were called the RAMAC2 devices and were either disk drawers sitting behind a 3990 or were stand-alone devices with controller built into the cabinet. Had one at my last shop. They were nice devices, especially since I was coming from 3880/3380 technology. Even had a 9345 subsystem in that shop sitting next to the RAMAC2. Don't think IBM sold many of those.
Rex http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg244563.pdf -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Pinion Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DFSORT manual humour Probably the IBM 9393 RAMAC, mid to late 1990s. Richard and Vickie Pinion --- [email protected] wrote: From: "R.S." <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: DFSORT manual humour Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:30:43 +0100 Quote from DFSORT manual: ------------------- For best performance, specify an emulated 3390-9 device (such as RAMAC) or another high-speed IBM disk device as the default, and avoid specifying a tape, virtual (VIO), or real 3390-9 devices as the default. ------------------- I have to admit the manual is a little bit obsolete - it is dated on 2009. However I'm still under impression of high-speed RAMAC devices. BTW, now seriously: I can specify number of dynamically allocated work datasets via DYNALOC, but the size of those dataset is controlled by DFSORT and user cannot change it. Is it true? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and that you will be held responsible for any such unauthorized activity, including liability for any resulting damages. As appropriate, such incident(s) may also be reported to law enforcement. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
