XSMeXtended Sort Merge

XSM: advanced sort and file-processing features

• Current downloadable builds: Windows x86-64, Linux x86-64 and IBM AIX POWER 64-bit. XSM has also been ported historically to Solaris, HP-UX, IBM i (OS/400), Linux on IBM Z and z/OS UNIX System Services.
• Sorts 1 GB in seconds rather than hours in the measured workloads; see our benchmark reports
• Maximum file size is limited only by the operating system.
• Sort, Merge, Selective Copy / Split with "Include/Exclude" filters
• Deduplicate records based on duplicate keys or complete records.
• Reformat records
• Up to 20 sort keys, any combination of Ascending or Descending sort keys
• Support for fixed format, as well as variable, MFCobol, delimited (CSV), and Binary, Numeric, Char, Packed Decimal types
• Y2K date handling with a configurable 1900/2000 century pivot
• Support for UNIX-style pipes and redirection.
• IBM® MVS DF/SORT® compatible syntax
• "Wrappers" (dynamic syntax translator) for easy and transparent Syncsort®, MFsort, UNIX sort replacement
• Multithreaded architecture using multi-core processors
• XSM 7 adaptively manages CPU, disk and memory resources according to the workload and reduces the risk of out-of-memory situations.

 

What XSM provides beyond standard sort utilities

	XSM	Linux sort	AIX sort	Windows sort
Unlimited File Size	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Input Filtering	Yes	No	No	No
Output Filtering on different files	Yes	No	No	No
Suppress on duplicate keys	Yes	No	Yes	No
Suppress on duplicate records	Yes	Yes	No	No
Mixed Ascending and Descending sort keys	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Variable field length in records with separator (CSV)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
- including numeric fields	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
- including lowercase=Uppercase	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Merge	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Binary files	Yes	No	No	No
- including Packed Decimal	Yes	No	No	No
Work Files/Disks Control	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Clever Y2K handling dd/mm/yy -> dd/mm/YYYY	Yes	No	No	No
Selective Copy/Split	Yes	No	No	No

F.A.Q.

Is XSM faster than standard sort utilities supplied with operating systems?	Yes
How does XSM compare with competing sort utilities?	Yes, see Benchmarks ...
Can XSM sort binary records on Windows?	Yes
Is XSM cheaper than its challengers ?	Yes
Who uses XSM?	More than 60 clients in 12 countries.