RE: replicate PROD iseries box to distant TEST box cross-country

["Stone, Joel" <Joel.Stone@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Very kind of you to offer - thanks!!

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Bronski
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 12:01 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: replicate PROD iseries box to distant TEST box cross-country

Joel,
Let me see if I can put you in touch with someone who's doing something 
similar (I think). I'll have to check first to see if they're willing to 
talk.

On 10/9/2013 6:03 PM, Stone, Joel wrote:
> We are separating our PROD & TEST boxes geographically.
>
> There is approx 30 gig of data & objects to copy.
>
> People in my organization are convinced that tape is the only method given the data volume. But tape is cumbersome; takes several days to transport, tapes go missing, must be logged out, logged-in, etc.
>
> What other strategies should be considered?
>
>
> Would the following work well (FTP instead of tape transport)?
>
> 1)	PROD: SAVLIB to *SAVF
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> 2) 	ARP-ZIP to compress *SAVF
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> 3)	FTP from iseries PROD box to distant TEST box
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> 4)	RSTLIB to TEST box
>
>
>
> Is it possible that 30 gig could be moved in a few hours?  Or is that unrealistic.
>
>
> Any suggestions such as further details or better ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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