explain in brief why do vsam take more disk space than other utilities?



explain in brief why do vsam take more disk space than other utilities?..

Answer / Jagorao Bhade

VSAM datasets, especially those with extensive secondary allocation, can consume more disk space compared to other utilities due to the way they manage data and allocate blocks based on user-defined parameters.

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