Re: IBM i Now Supports USB Flash Drives

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And when was the last time you did a real recovery from that device? Not 
just an object or two but a real recovery on IBM i?

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects

On 2/5/13 4:45 PM, Don wrote:
> 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
> > > >>
> > >
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