How far are the machines apart? If not to far, what about a dedicated connection between them?
Matth On Wed, 17 May 2000, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > I highly recommend you check out the Ecra VXA-1. Check out www.ecrix.com. > I've got one > on order right now. It's also Linux certified (I forget who does that Linux > hardware > certification thingy but they did it). The specs were more than enough to get > me. They > have a special offer right now for first-time US buyers (sorry Dariush). > Here's the > excerpt from my VXAdata newsletter: > > SPECIAL OFFER FOR FIRST-TIME U.S. BUYERS > > Now you can evaluate the VXA drive -completely- free for > 30 days. And, if you decide to keep it, get big savings. > Internal Kit, only $399, External Kit, only $499. Offer > good only in the US, until May 31, by going to: > http://www.ecrix.com/eval > > I'm thinking of finally getting a nice tape drive for home. > > Dariush Pietrzak wrote: > > > Welcome, > > my problem is that I have to transfer large amount of data (20~50 Gigs) > > daily. > > And it can't be done via network due to 'secret' nature of that data. > > I considered IDE disk put in hot-swap bay, but I found that's not the > > best way to do that: > > i got system on scsi disc, compiled ide-disk support as module > > and when I want to remove ide-disc i unmount it, rmmod the module > > then swap the discs, modprobe ide-disk, mount it. > > That scheme works ... but sometimes it fails.. and when it fails I have > > to reboot the system to be able to mount ide disc. that situation > > is unacceptable. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions on this? > > (data should be moved via some physical way, not using network as that's > > what bossess fear the most, zip drives could be nice, but they > > B are too small, streamers seems to be to slow ) > > > > regards, > > Dariush Pietrzak > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > Jens B. Jorgensen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
