Admin Alert: How Big is My IFS?
November 14, 2007 Joe Hertvik
I recently had to quickly determine the size of my production box’s AS/400 Integrated File System (IFS) when its DASD usage zoomed past its ASP threshold value and was threatening to crash the system. Since I didn’t have a good technique handy, I evaluated several different IFS evaluation methods on the fly. Here’s what I learned and how to use these methods to locate where your big IFS folders live. Free Tools in Different Packages Due to my cheap nature and even more limited budget, I usually gravitate toward what IBM and the Internet can offer. For determining IFS folder |