CICS VSAM Transparency for z/OS, Version 1.2


Performance implications of FBEs

In general, FBEs that manipulate bits and bytes in storage do not add any significant overhead.

The overhead in FBEs that include SQL calls is always likely to be more significant. In all cases, it is important to understand how CICS® VT builds field and record areas in order to establish the optimum design for your FBEs. This is explained next.



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Last updated: May 25, 2012 20:46:9