Tony, Stephen, et al (if I may be so bold as to use first names) -

Thanks for the responses, public and private.  Most of the suggestions revolve
around re-indexing as a result of the re-blocking as the reason for improvement.

Based on that theory, I re-blocked the file back down to 1 to see what would
happen...same Quiz process...818 CPU seconds.

Obviously, there's a knee somewhere in the curve between 800+ and ~80 seconds,
so I reblocked to 2...same Quiz process...86 CPU seconds.

Hmmmm...what happens for a big block, say 80?....same Quiz process...78 CPU
seconds.

So it looks like the difference is immediate...when the BF changes from 1 to 2
speed kicks in.  Perhaps this is an artifact of Cognos?  Whatever the real
answer, I'm re-blocking my CM KSAM files to 2.

Peace.

Kelly

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