what is control interval(CI) and control Area(CA)
Answer Posted / pratheep
CI:
VSAM stores records in the data component of cluster in
units called control interval.CI is the VSAM equivalent for
a block and the unit of data that is actually transmitted
when the records are read or written
CA:
CA is the fixed length unit of DASD storage containing
number of CI
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