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With z/VSE Version 4, there is a distinction between the size of real processor
storage and the maximum size of an address space. z/VSE V4 implements 64-bit
addressing for real processor storage. However, while the theoretical size of
processor storage is 16 exabytes, z/VSE Version 4 Release 1 supports up to
8 GB of real processor storage. The maximum virtual address space remains
2 GB, as shown in Figure 3-9.
Figure 3-9 Storage map of z/VSE virtual address space
A program running on z/VSE V4 can run with 24-bit or 31-bit addressing (and can
switch among these if needed).
3.4.9 What is meant by below-the-16-MB-line ...