Work management limits
There are IBM® i system limits that are related to work management, such as limits on the number of jobs on a system, the number of active subsystems, and the number of jobs in a subsystem.
Work management and spooled file limits | Value |
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Maximum number of jobs on the system | 970 000 |
Maximum number of active subsystems | 32 767 |
Maximum number of jobs in a subsystem | ![]() ![]() |
Maximum number of prestart jobs initially started when subsystem started | 9999 |
Maximum amount of temporary auxiliary storage that can be specified for a job | Approximately 2 PB or *NOMAX |
Maximum number of active memory storage pools | 64 |
Maximum number of spooled files per job | 999 999 |
Maximum number of spooled files in the system and basic user ASPs | Approximately 2 610 000 |
Maximum number of spooled files in each independent ASP | Approximately 10 000 000 |
Maximum number of records for a printer file | ![]() ![]() |
Maximum page number that can be displayed for a spooled file using the DSPSPLF command 1 | 9999 |
Maximum page count that can be displayed for a spooled file using the WRKSPLF, WRKOUTQ, or WRKJOB OPTION(*SPLF) command 2 | 99 999 |
Maximum number of writers that can be active at the same time | Approximately 43 600 |
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