We also have a T1, and yes it does take a long time. It's no big deal,
though, I just run the FTP overnight.
Before we had adequate disk space on our iSeries, I did exactly what you
describe, Roger, except that I burned the PTFs to CD from home and took
the CDs into work, then loaded the PTFs straight from CD.
However, the difference between a 6 hour download at home and a 16 hour
download at work is mitigated somewhat by the fact that I have to go
home (which I usually do when I'm "done working" for the day -- using
the term "done working" very liberally) and I'm not planning to come
back to work until the next morning.
That being the case, it makes very little difference whether the
download takes 6 hours or 14 hours, since I'm going to be gone (and
therefore not applying the PTFs) for 16 hours anyway. When I come back
into work the next day, I find all of my PTFs have downloaded and are
already loaded into image catalogs waiting.
Doing it where I burned CDs at home, I would have to go home, then take
extra time to write the CDs, and extra time to load the PTFs from the
CDs when I got back to work. Or in your case, you have to copy the CD
images from your USB drive, probably across a network, to your i. Not a
big deal, but it does take some time.
So even though the download is more than twice as long, I find it more
convenient to download direct to the IFS.
Roger Harman wrote:
I'm always amazed when I hear about everyone downloading large PTF's or
Groups via FTP. Even though we have a T-1, it's pig slow for me. I
just download them at home (cable modem) and bring them in on USB.
Just curious what connection types you all are using. Of course, our
T-1 is shared by a lot of people.
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