The Impact of Disk Space on the Work Data Sets on MFX - mfx - 3.1

Syncsort™ MFX Programmers Guide

Product type
Software
Portfolio
Integrate
Product family
Syncsort™ Software
Product
Syncsort™ MFX > MFX
Version
3.1
Language
English
Content type
Programmer’s Guide
Product name
Syncsort™ MFX
Title
Syncsort™ MFX Programmers Guide
Topic type
How Do I
Copyright
2024
First publish date
2010
Last edition
2024-08-27
Last publish date
2024-08-27T08:14:56.318001

MFX’s work data set disk space management is automated to a very high degree. It can:

  • Automatically correct the underallocation of disk space by obtaining secondary allocations of disk space, as needed. This prevents costly SORT CAPACITY EXCEEDED terminations.

  • Automatically release excess disk space at the completion of Phase 1. The space immediately becomes available for allocations to other jobs.

  • Dynamically allocate work data sets through the z/OS DYNALLOC capability.

You can improve the efficiency of disk space usage by allocating optimally at the outset.