This screen displays the utilization of each page in a global buffer. Because there can be many times more buffers and pages than displayable geography, this screen contains multiple pages. Use the left angle bracket (<) key to go to the previous page and the right angle bracket (>) key to go to the next page of the screen. This screen is organized in units of buffers. Each "|" delineates a buffer. Each character between "|"s represents a single page. A buffer can contain fewer than the maximum number of pages, depending on the various storage area page sizes. Inadmissible pages are marked using underscore ("_") and can be ignored. The number of users sharing a particular page is known as the share-count. This screen is based on a display-threshold that is compared against the number of users sharing a particular page. Initially, the display threshold value is 1. The display threshold can be configured, as described below. Page share-counts are identified as follows: o Space (" ")- A page with a share-count less than the display- threshold o Dot (".")- A page with a share-count identical to the display- threshold o Digit from 2 through 9- A page with share-count that exceeds the display-threshold but is less than ten, identified by the respective digit o Asterisk ("*")- A page with share-count that exceeds the display-threshold by 10 or more A row of "X"s delineates the end of the global buffer pool. All blank lines following the row of "X"s can be ignored. As a general measure of global buffer pool utilization when using the default display-threshold, a display containing a lot of blanks is not good; this probably indicates that the global buffer pool is sized too large for the current number of users accessing the database. A display containing a lot of dots (".") is not good since this indicates non-sharing of pages; this probably indicates that local buffers might be a better choice. A display containing a lot of numeric digits is good, since this indicates good page sharing. A display containing a lot of asterisks ("*") is very good, since this indicates tremendous page sharing. You can use the "Config" menu option to filter the "GB Utilization" display. Select this option, by typing the letter C, to display the configuration submenu. The configuration submenu contains a single option: "Filter Utilization Display". Selecting this option will display the prompt "Enter global buffer threshold (1+) [current=1]: ". The threshold indicates the number of users sharing a page to be displayed; for instance, if you entered "5" then only those pages being accessed by 5 or more users will be displayed. Also, those pages shared by exactly 5 users would be identified using a dot (".") and those more than 5 would be identified using the digits 6 through 9 or the asterisk ("*") if more than nine users are sharing a page. This screen is not saved in the binary output file and cannot be selected during binary file replay.