RE: IBM i Now Supports USB Flash Drives

["Don" <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

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! :)



-----Original Message-----
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[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>
>
>
>
> Bryan