In what situations would you consider altering the BLKSIZE attribute of a dataset in JCL?
- When defining dataset name
- When optimizing I/O operations
- When processing large volumes of data
- When specifying record format
Altering BLKSIZE can optimize I/O by aligning block size with device characteristics, improving performance with large datasets.
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