RE: USB Hard Drive

So this is to connect an external HD via USB, as you mention, which is what
we are trying to do. Your post reads as if this can be done. Yet another
post says *no in v6r1. Not sure where to go with that.

Using a USB external drive for backup is significantly less expensive than
having to purchase an external LTO3 drive for $2000 and adding a card for it
that costs $450.

For $2450, I can get a 1TB SAN appliance which would do the job fine if I
could SAVF to an NFS mount point over the network.

Don, if true, then is there anything special we have to do when we attach
the USB drive?

-- jake


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 7:20 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: USB Hard Drive

Norm, et al,

I may have misread the previous post that the USB was attached internally on
the chassis...if I did, my error. I don't have that kinduva box to open the
back and look inside in front of me tonite.

But as for saving libraries and objects to a USB drive, you CAN save to a
save file, then FTP the SAVF (bin format) to the USB drive, reverse the
process on the target box and then rstxxx... Done that a lot. And you can
find some REALLY BIG USB drives...even attach a external 2TB drive via
USB...doing that now...works fine...

DR2

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Norm Dennis
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:56 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: USB Hard Drive

Is it possible to save your backup to the NFS or QNTC, the save to the USB
with an OS that supports USB?

How big is the backup you're looking at?


Norm Dennis