What Are The Disadvantages Of Vsam?

1.	What Are The Disadvantages Of Vsam?
Answer» VSAM Datasets require more STORAGE SPACE compared to other TYPE of datasets due to Control information(CI) present in them. VSAM can’t be stored in TAPE Volume i.e., VSAM Stored only in DASD. VSAM is not a database like DB2, IMS DB &AMP; IDMS.

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VSAM Datasets require more STORAGE SPACE compared to other TYPE of datasets due to Control information(CI) present in them.
VSAM can’t be stored in TAPE Volume i.e., VSAM Stored only in DASD.
VSAM is not a database like DB2, IMS DB &AMP; IDMS.

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