RE: IBM i Now Supports USB Flash Drives

["Don" <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

I was talking in a WINDOWS environment..and I do system transfers and
recoveries in that environment ALL THE TIME....  Usually a minimum of 500
gig a pop...1+tb's is a norm....NO PROBLEMS...NO DATA LOSS....

As for using it in an "I" environment....uh, how many of us have been doing
binary FTP's of save files for how long now????   And, yes, it works JUST
FINE! :)

DR2



-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Oberholtzer
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 6:49 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: IBM i Now Supports USB Flash Drives

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
>
> www.frankeni.com
> www.iDevCloud.com
> www.iInTheCloud.com
>
> 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
> --