I used to tell users that we didn't apply retention to databases, since they were in constant flux. Instead, retention would be applied to the outputs, e.g., reports.
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On Apr 17, 2013, at 9:37 AM, "Gary Link" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> And so ... wait for it ... at what level can we apply retention to the
> data and information on a main frame? Some data sets have a retention
> built into the name (RETPD) or (EXPDT). Does the IT person entering the
> data have a copy of the records retention schedule handy while s/he writes
> in the data set name? Or does their retention mean something else
> entirely? What is a retention dataset (RDS)?
>
>
> Gary Link
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> Frederic Grevin <[log in to unmask]>
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> In addition to your list Gary, assuming you're including databases, the
> internal structure and components of the databases are themselves
> potentially of great value. For example, the Queries and the Forms and
> Reports which are based on those Queries, are extremely informative about
> HOW any given database is used. Just looking at the data sets in isolation
> doesn't really give you that knowledge.
>
> Also, the tone of the messages exchanged on this topic implies that
> mainframe computers are a platform of the past. That's not the case: if
> you need computing platform with vast processing capacity and rock-solid
> reliability, mainframe computers provide that. IBM still makes a good bit
> of money out of that market (see
> http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/index.html,
> http://www-01.ibm.com/software/os/systemz/economics/index.html, and
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_mainframe#Today.27s_systems).
>
> Last I heard the New York City Financial Information Systems
> Agency--FISA--still runs the NYC budget and payroll systems on mainframe
> computer (if you had a payroll of 350,000, what would YOU run it on?).
>
> From an historic point of view, IBM has a "Mainframes photo album" at the
> URL
> http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_album.html
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> Best regards,
>
> Fred
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