what's the biggest disadvantage of using a VSAM dataset?

Answer Posted / nihar ranjan karan

The biggest disadvantage of a VSAM dataset I believe is
that it can be only be created on a DASD. So it obviously
means you cannot use any other media for storage and
retrieval of VSAM datasets.

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