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My requirement as below.
Space =( cyl , ( 10,10)) Disp= (Lrecl=80)

So how many records (maximum records) can be present in the ps file?

depends on the blocksize...
and you want to know only for the primary or for the count for the max alloc primary+all secondary ?

for SDB the blksize in this case will be 27920, which means two records per track 15 tracks per cylinders,
up to You the rest of the math


here is an ISPF/REXX macro that will do the dirty for You
http://ibmmainframes.com/about55037.html
and here is another link with the theory behind
and the same REXX script for the PC Rexx implementation
http://ibmmainframes.com/about35906.html

Thanks enrico. I do not have blk size and have only LRECL. I want max alloc primary+sec. here it goes.

10+15*10 = 160
1 cyl = 15 tracks = 160* 15= 2400 tracks
1 track = 2 records = 2400* 2 = 4800 records

The max recoreds 4800 . Correct me if i m wrong.

No, the two records enrico is talking about are the "blocks" he assumed, at optimal size, that you would be using.

If you use "unblocked" data, you can have many more records than "2" on the track, but you will be doing yourself a big disservice with IO. With enrico's value, a track can be read with two physical reads (deblocking being done in memory). With your unblocked records, that will take... lots longer, you work it out.

Unblocked 80 is a horrible thing to do to DASD....

10+15*10 = 160
1 cyl = 15 tracks = 160* 15= 2400 tracks
1 track = 2 records = 2400* 2 = 4800 records

The max recoreds 4800 . Correct me if i m wrong.

You are wrong.

First, as BillyBoyo indicated, the mainframe only writes BLOCKS of data, so your count is off by a factor of over 300. (27920 / 80)
Second, a data set may take up to 5 extents to allocate the primary space and each extent counts against the 16 limit on a volume, so the secondary allocation could be as small as 11 extents.
Third, if the data set is on multiple volumes, you have to calculate the space for EACH volume. And data sets can be allocated on up to 59 volumes, so your calculation could be off by a factor of 59 in addition to being off by another factor of over 300.

Hello,

So how many records (maximum records) can be present in the ps file?

Why does this matter?

Usually the need is to know how much space some number of records will require. Rarely (if ever) is there a need to determine how many records some amount of space will hold. . .

Okay.Thanks for all ur suggestions. Actually It was asked in the inerview. just want to know it.

Hello,

When posting an interview question, you should post in the Interview Questions part of the forum. This topic has been moved.

This topic also had nothing to do with COBOL, so why post in the COBOL part of the forum?

As many of us believed this was a "real" question, time was wasted answering the "wrong thing". If we knew from the beginning this was an interview question, i suspect you would have gotten more useful answers more quickly. . .