This seller also has the same item at a much lower (and more reasonable) price (ignore the USB 3.2 in the title, the specs says it is USB 3.1):
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Rocket-External-Aluminum-SB-2TB-NVME/dp/B07N15HD51__;!!Ebr-cpPeAnfNniQ8HSAI-g_K5b7VKg!fg0k1gCTn9i0zgMznTvL5nuR3KPVk1Wie_rMvIJ9Cs35Uvls5rmD-MbubLptCivPZERQJg$ HTH Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 10:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Inspecting and extracting from /OS transportable files on other platforms? It appears that Sabrent only sells the enclosure, you can then provide your own NVMe drive. Amazon sells the enclosure for 49.99USD: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sabrent.com/product/EC-WPNE/usb-3-2-rugged-waterproof-enclosure-ip67-for-m-2-nvme-ssds-ec-wpne/__;!!Ebr-cpPeAnfNniQ8HSAI-g_K5b7VKg!fg0k1gCTn9i0zgMznTvL5nuR3KPVk1Wie_rMvIJ9Cs35Uvls5rmD-MbubLptCivtzWtzXQ$ Someone also is selling the enclosure with 2TB already installed but for more than 10x the cost of the enclosure: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Rocket-External-Aluminum-SB-2TB-NVME/dp/B07N15HD51__;!!Ebr-cpPeAnfNniQ8HSAI-g_K5b7VKg!fg0k1gCTn9i0zgMznTvL5nuR3KPVk1Wie_rMvIJ9Cs35Uvls5rmD-MbubLptCivPZERQJg$ Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of David Spiegel Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 7:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Inspecting and extracting from /OS transportable files on other platforms? Hi Brian, I tried to find the Sabrent device you referenced, but, did not find any that goes 16 Gb/sec. Can you please supply a link to this? Thanks and regards, David On 2021-01-29 03:36, Brian Westerman wrote: > I think I would use transmit format for transporting things between systems, > it's easily transportable and common no matter where you go and is even > usable on a desktop PC. > > The other thing you can do (which I personally do) is simply FTP the PDS's > and sequential files directly to your PC (on a USB drive) in ASCII format. I > do this weekly, rotating the encrypted USB drive that I have on my keychain > so that if it's broken or lost (that's why I encrypt), I can just get the > previous one. My USB drives are pre-encrypted with Bitlocker so I really > don't have to do much (ever). Previously I used to use those little USB > drives with the combination lock built in to them, but they are very > unreliable (and slow). So now, when fast USB drives go on sale at Amazon, I > always buy several. I like the sandisk 256GB ones because a) they are fast, > and more importantly b) they have a lifetime warranty. > > I have a batch file that I run to do this. I plug in my USB drive and start > the batch file and go get a diet coke. > > I'm thinking about moving the process to one of the ruggedized external NVMe > drives. I'm currently testing the new Sabrent 2TB one and it's VERY fast > (1Gb+/sec) and is small enough to easily fit in a pocket. Plus being > ruggedized it's waterproof and drop-proof (so far). The sandisk drives > typically load at around 140MB/s, but the Sabrent drive is almost 10 times > faster. > > The reason I want 2TB is that I would like to keep a whole Disaster recovery > system on that drive (DF/DSS unloaded virtual tapes). At the faster speed, > it's actually not a bad process, I just need to work out the kinks a little > bit more so that I can automate it. > > Brian -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
