> Ooooo. that's gonna be a pretty pricey USB thumb drive. Our z/OS guys > FTP to IBM their S/A z/OS dumps which terse down to about 40G (from > 100,000 cylinders on 3390 DASD). Do they even make 40G thumb drives? Do > you want to send one to IBM? :-)
On the other hand, USB 2 to SATA/PATA carriers are about $35, and a 300G SATA disk is about $80. Easily (and favorably) comparable to 3590 cartridges.
