RE: IBM i Now Supports USB Flash Drives

["Don" <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

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

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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! :)
>
>
>
> -----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