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4.4.4.2.1 Compression Recommendation Report

The Compression Recommendation Report is similar to the
Compression Candidacy Report discussed in the prior section.
The Recommendation report presents its output by timespan
and in three sections:

  o the detail for each timespan, including the Percent
    savings limit specified field, which reflects the percent
    saving lower limit you entered on the panel, and the
    Match Limit field, which contains one of the following:

    YES       if the file achieves at least your specified
              savings limit

    NOTSUP    if the file does not support compression

    NEVER     if the file must not be compressed

    (blank)   if the file does not achieve your specified
              savings limit

  o the allocation summary, including an additional
    recommended allocation block which is described below

  o the table of percent savings limits and their estimated
    DASD savings

A sample of the allocation summary section of the report
follows.

Compression Recommendation Report --------------------------------- CA MICS complex name: MDI.DIA6100-COMPRESSION COMPLEX Timespan: DETAIL Libref: PDETAIL Date: 28APR00 Page 5 Percent savings limit specified: 0.10 % Total uncompressed file space: 1318.7339 All space values are in M/bytes. ===========================Allocation Summary=========================== |Current Library: | | | | Data set name: MDI.DIA6100P.DETAIL | | | | Total space allocated | 1548.7559 | 1548.7559 | (Current Allocation) | Uncompressed file space | 360.0967 | | | | Compressed file space |+ 523.3359 | | | | Overhead space |+ 3.9551 | | | | |------------| | | | Minimum space used |= 887.3877 |- 887.3877 | | | ============|------------| | | Free space in library |= 661.3682 | | | Highest used space |- 121.9219 | | | |------------| | | Allocated space never used (future use) |= 539.4463 | | | ============| | | | | |---------------------------------------------------------| | | | | |Recommendation: Compress 21 files. | | | | | | Est. uncompressed file space | 172.2568 | | | | Est. compressed file space |+ 676.6727 | | | | Same amount overhead space |+ 3.9551 | | | | |------------| | | | Estimated minimum space |= 852.8846 | 852.8846 | | | ============| | | | Same amount free space in library |+ 661.3682 | | | |------------| | | Estimated maximum space required |= 1514.2528 |- 1514.2528 | (New Allocation) | ============|------------| | Estimated allocation saving/increase |= 34.5031 | (Saving) | Estimated percent change in allocation | 2.23 % | ========================================================================

The fields in the Current Library section are identical to
the fields in the Compression Candidacy Report.  The new
section, Recommendation, includes the following fields:

Recommendation: the number of files you should compress to
Compress nn     achieve your desired savings.  This is the
files           number of files that matched your limit.

Est.            the estimated amount of space that would be
uncompressed    occupied by all of the cycle files whose
file space      percent change values were less than your
                specified value.

Est.            the estimated amount of space that would be
compressed      occupied by all of the cycle files whose
file space      percent change values were greater than or
                equal to your specified value.

Same amount     the amount of space that is currently
overhead space  consumed for overhead.

Estimated       the sum of the estimated uncompressed and
minimum space   compressed file space and overhead.

Same amount     the amount of free space that exists in the
free space in   current data set's allocation.
library

Estimated       the sum of the estimated maximum space and
maximum space   free space.  This is the amount of space to
required        allocate if you choose to allocate new
                libraries when you implement compression.

Estimated       the difference between the current allocation
allocation      and the new allocation.  A negative number
saving/increase denotes a size increase.

Estimated       the quotient of the new allocation and the
percent change  current allocation, expressed as a
in allocation   percentage.  A negative percentage means that
                the new allocation is larger than the current
                allocation.