Storing and Manipulating Data

Most applications receive data, send data, or manipulate data. When you are planning an application package, you have to identify the application's data file and database requirements. z/VM® provides you with the following data file system architectures and database system:

• Enhanced Disk Format (EDF) architecture (CMS minidisk files)
• Shared File System (SFS) architecture
• OpenExtensions Byte File System (BFS) architecture
• Structured Query Language/Data System (SQL/DS) database.