What is the difference between primary and secondary
allocations for a dataset?

Answer Posted / saikat dey

total storage of Space=(cyl,(5,10),rlse)is not 5 + 16*10 =
165 cylinders.

For sequential file total extent is 16 that not mean above.

Total space of it would be [(1*5)+(15*10)]=155 Cylinders.

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