Re: What would you suggest for archiving ancient libraries?

Whoops. Looks like Walmart is pulling somebody's chain.

Here are the ones I got off Amazon and they say USB 3.1 instead of USB 2.0
but 512GB is $66 but $11.00 for 32GB. Don't know how big the libraries are
you are trying to save and remember if you zip you can reduce the size down
considerably.

https://www.amazon.com/THKAILAR-Drive%EF%BC%88USB-Compatibal-Tablets-MacBook/dp/B087JQG2T3/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=3A1TZXXQ74IXZ&dchild=1&keywords=usb%2Bc%2Bflash%2Bdrive&qid=1605566179&sprefix=usb%2Bc%2Bf%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExVjVPNEZWTDhERUpVJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTcyMzE4MzRQME9CTExHTFhKWCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwODUwNTk5NlhWWk9IMUhVNEtFJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ&th=1


On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 2:21 PM <smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Something is wrong with the Walmart site. The heading says 2TB but the
description says 32GB.

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Subject: Re: What would you suggest for archiving ancient libraries?

I see they also have a 2TB USB drive for $9.89.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/2TB-Swivel-OTG-USB-2-0-Flash-Drive-Pen-Memory-Sti
ck-Key-Thumb-Storage/609083071?selected=true
<https://www.walmart.com/ip/2TB-Swivel-OTG-USB-2-0-Flash-Drive-Pen-Memory-Stick-Key-Thumb-Storage/609083071?selected=true>

If the libraries are important, buy two or three of them and backup to each
one in case one goes bad.

Create a dummy work file using SQL.
Write a quick and dirty CL to read the file and create a save file for each
one.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 1:12 PM Holger Scherer <hs@xxxxxxx> wrote:

save files is a great idea. And with a little help of CL should be
done rather quickly.
-h


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Von: "Pete Helgren" <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Betreff: What would you suggest for archiving ancient libraries?

I have a JS-12 on v 7.2 that I plan to retire. This guy is the end
of

the line for many libraries that I have carried along for too long. I
have a new Power 9 9009 41A v 7.4 that has plenty of space but there
is really no need to move these libraries because I can't remember
when last used them. I would like to retain my status as a packrat so
I need a suggestion on how best to save these libraries so they can be
restored if necessary but not taking up valuable space on the IBM i.

Tape is not an option because the tape drive for the JS-12 (external)
is

dead. So, I thought saving each library as a save file (as tedious as
that might be) and then pushing them over to a share somewhere would
be the best option. Can you think of a better way to handle it?

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