Re: Erasing DASD-decommission an AS400/iSeries/System i

[lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx]

   Yes I would suspect that it would. However that (as I recall) forces a big
   ole' bunch of paging through the subsystem. You would have to add enough
   temp storage to fill the sytems disks and I'm not sure how *MACHINE pool
   would handle that. In cases where my customer's machines get very high on
   temp storage (on the order of 3 to 5 times real memory) they get very
   sluggish and an IPL is in order. I like my solution because a) I
   understand it and b) I understand it. :-)
    
    - Larry
   -----midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: -----

     To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
     From: Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
     Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
     Date: 01/18/2007 11:52PM
     Subject: Re: Erasing DASD-decommission an AS400/iSeries/System i

     Larry Bolhuis wrote:

     > Here it is! It only supports 10 billion minus 1 records but I'm sure
     you
     > can up that if needed!
     >
     >   - Larry
     >
     > H/TITLE Write 00s or FFs to 1K RECL FILE                              
      
     > H****                                                                
     ****
     > H***                           DODERASE                              
      ***

     Hmmm... it seems to me that virtual memory pages back and forth
     between main memory and DASD.