what is control interval(CI) and control Area(CA)

Answer Posted / lakshmi

A CI(control interval) is the unit of information that VSAM transfers between the storage device and the virtual storage.
A group of LRs will make one CI.

A CA(control area) is one or more CIs put together into fixed-length contiguous areas of DASD.

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