You have a dataset with millions of records that need to be sorted based on a custom key. How would you design a JCL SORT job to efficiently handle this task?
- Implementing a two-step sort process
- Including a JOINKEYS statement for complex sorting
- Using the SORT utility with appropriate SORTWK values
- Utilizing DFSORT's INREC and OUTREC control statements
Efficiently designing a JCL SORT job involves understanding and optimizing the SORT utility parameters, such as SORTWK, to allocate the necessary work areas efficiently for large datasets.
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