W dniu 29.03.2021 o 00:11, Andrew Rowley pisze:
On 28/03/2021 8:58 am, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
Yes, but ... The use of IND$FILE remains so prevalent (partly because
of absurd site security rules), and the use of zFS has become so
prevalent,
that the union should be sanctified.
IBM would no doubt say (and I would agree):
You should be using the z/OSMF Dataset and File REST API.
Is there anything you can do with IND$FILE that you can't do with the
REST API? Apart from transfer over a TN3270 session? How many people
have TN3270 access to the mainframe but not HTTPS?
I have been using the REST API and it is pretty good. Not perfect, but
IND$FILE isn't perfect either.
It is fast... it can compress data in transit, so for transfer of SMF
data (my purpose) is about 10x faster than FTP if bandwidth is the
limiting factor.
I dare to disagree.
IBM could say "c'mon, you have FTP". IBM could say it 25 years ago.
However everytime someone ask about IND$FILE of transfer of 600 files we
see "FTP is NOT an option". Why? Well, there are reasons. Maybe not
reasonable, but there are. Last, but not least: still unsolved! So still
we will observe such questions and problems.
zOSMF? I'm sorry, but I bet it is less common than FTP. And as far as I
can guess it cannot be automated like FTP (read: batch).
And of course one size does not fit all. Some would need compression of
transmitted data (what bandwidth do you have?), some would prefer
IND$FILE and some just FTP or FTPS or SFTP.
--
Radoslaw Skorupka
(looking for new job)
Lodz, Poland
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