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Of course, the strong recommendation from pretty much everywhere is to move away from QDLS.
Tom
Also, to expand on what Tom said:
The QDLS file system is slow compared to the root file system and QOpenSys, plus it has DOS file name limitations, and requires registration in the system distribution directory in order to use it. Â It is a good idea to avoid using QDLS unless your applications leave you no choice.
- Gary Patterson
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Gary's detail brings up thoughts for me of 'potential' future problems. Note that "applications" might even mean a PC operating system. It is within possibility that /QDLS shares might become incompatible with Windows networking.
After Windows 2000, Microsoft networking has become less and less compatible with the file server protocols. Each new Windows release (as well as one or two service packs within some releases) has brought connectivity issues. Microsoft patches and IBM PTFs have mostly kept things working, but either could choose to stabilize and to stop fixing things in the future.
Even if fixes keep coming out, they might come slowly enough to cause business interruptions.
Moving away from /QDLS early may avoid the need to do it on very short notice.
Tom






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Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.