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How does the MIDAW facility improve the performance of FICON channels using DB2 and other workloads?

(Paolo Bruni and Jeffrey Berger) The MIDAW facility was introduced in the IBM z9 processor to improve FICON performance, especially when accessing IBM DB2 databases. This facility is a new method of gathering data into and scattering data from discontinuous storage locations during an I/O operation.

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