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CMS Block Size of Formatted Minidisks

The following table lists the values allowed for the CMS block size and the capacity of each cylinder in blocks and K‑bytes for various types of DASD. You can refer to this table whenever you are allocating minidisks on a CKD DASD.

Device Type

Block Size

 

512

1024

2048

4096

 

Blocks

Kbytes

Blocks

Kbytes

Blocks

Kbytes

Blocks

Kbytes

3380

690

345K

465

465K

270

540K

150

600K

3390

540

270K

495

495K

315

630K

180

720K