RE: IBM i Now Supports USB Flash Drives

The mentioned D IPL as an option and since it appears as an optical device that shouldn't be a problem. My backpack just got a little bit lighter....


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-----Original Message-----
From: Gqcy [mailto:gmufasa01@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 4:02 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IBM i Now Supports USB Flash Drives

ya think we could have USB as an IPL option?



On 2/5/2013 3:52 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! :)



-----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>



Bryan

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