Re: IBM i Now Supports USB Flash Drives

With all due respect to Dr. Franken, I've been using WD USB attached
external drives for offline server storage/backup/recovery for about 10
years now without any problems that I wouldn't encounter in a tape
environment...:)



-----Original Message-----
From:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DrFranken
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 5:07 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: IBM i Now Supports USB Flash Drives

Good theory I suppose but USB 2.0 is nowhere near the speed of LTO
(35MB/s theoretical vs 120MB for LTO4 and 140MB for LTO5)

Plus I wouldn't personally trust that 'el-cheapo' WD drive as much as I
would an LTO tape when being transported on and off-site. RDX is much
better suited for that.


- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.frankeni.com
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www.iInTheCloud.com

On 2/5/2013 4:52 PM, Don wrote:

>If you have USB availability, why can't you then attached external drives
>for offline backup, etc? I can get a 4tb WD external for a few hundred
>bucks...should be LOTS faster than tape and not to mention CHEAPER!:)
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
>Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 4:41 PM
>To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
>Subject: Re: IBM i Now Supports USB Flash Drives
>
>I was actually just listening to that info, here:
>http://bit.ly/WLpWOS
>
>Some pretty neat stuff in TR6
>
>On 2/5/2013 3:22 PM, Bryan Dietz wrote:

>>
>>http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/i_can/
>>
>>Holy cow! Brain is spinning....
>>
>><snip>
>>Today, IBM is adding support to use USB Flash Drives as a second type of
>>RMS technology. Flash drives can hold as much data as multiple DVDs and
>>can typically access the data much faster. This allows a much more
>>convenient way to move data (either IFS or save data) to another
>>machine. IBM does not qualify nor recommended any particular device, but
>>typical USB 2.0 devices from 2 to 32GB have been used in our testing.
>></snip>
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>>
>>Bryan
>>

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