In <bitnet.adsm-l%ADSM-L%95103011095629 AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>, KL2 AT cu.nih 
DOT gov (Bob Klein) writes:
>>
>> So if expiration is a linear process, maybe 6-8 hours not unexpected
>> for a 4-5G database?!  (my 9672 processors can't quite measure up to
>> Tim's 3090 engine).
>>
>I'm wondering if expiration is indeed linear or is it, perhaps,
>exponential?  The reason I ask is that I'm thinking of having
>several ADSM server processes running on our MVS system, each
>with a smaller DB.  If expiration is linear that probably would
>not accomplish much, but if it is exponential it might.

I have watch my ADSM system grow for more than 2 years now.  I believe
the expiration process is linear.

Bill Colwell
C. S. Draper Lab
Email: BColwell AT draper DOT com
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