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![]() Caching Catalogs z/OS DFSMS Managing Catalogs SC23-6853-00 |
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The simplest method of improving catalog performance is to use cache to maintain catalog records within main storage or data space. Using cache reduces the I/O required to read records from catalogs on DASD. Two kinds of cache are available exclusively for catalogs. The in-storage catalog (ISC) cache is contained within the catalog address space (CAS) in main storage. The catalog data space cache (CDSC) is separate from CAS and uses the MVS™ VLF component that stores the cached records in a dataspace. Both types of cache are optional, and each can be cancelled and restarted without an IPL. Although you can use both types of catalog cache, you cannot cache a single catalog in both types of cache simultaneously. You must decide which catalogs benefit the most from each type of cache. Catalog records are cached in the ISC or CDSC under the following
conditions:
See Starting and Stopping the Catalog Cache for a Catalog for information on using the MODIFY CATALOG command to manipulate the caches.
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