RE: IBM i Now Supports USB Flash Drives

[Pete Massiello - ML <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's there, I wrote about that in an earlier post this morning.  You can IPL from it.

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Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
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http://www.iInTheCloud.com




-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gqcy
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 5:02 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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