RE: Large volume file move

Define "cost me more". Are you considering things like labor costs, downtime and hardware life cycles?

Yes, I backup the Windows server. The software is incredibly high maintenance, but it works most of the time.




-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Schoen [mailto:Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 1:00 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Large volume file move

Actually ignore save/restore since you're on Windows already.

Here's a tongue-in-cheek use case for moving docs to the IFS:
"I want to move my image documents to my central IBMi system which will cost me more and cause my backups to slow down because I'm not comfortable with Windows."

Personally I think this is a misplaced exercise since you already have a reliable Windows solution. (Unless you are having server hardware issues and don't have a network person.)

Or if you're a Windows-hater, move to Linux and then you can be a Linux-hater too.

Either way you'll have cheaper storage and an OS which is meant to manage small files.

More importantly....Do you currently back up the image files ? I hope so......

Regards,
Richard Schoen
Director of Document Management
e. richard.schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
p. 952.486.6802
w. helpsystems.com