Re: [Nolug] Cyberspace not always the fastest way to xfer data

On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 11:39, Petri Laihonen wrote:
> >> > How much time did it take to load up all the flash cards?
> >> > How about downloading the data on the other end?
> >> > Was it included in the equation?
> >>
> >> It probably wasn't, but it would be negligible. Load up the flash
> >> card, attach to pigeon, release, repeat.
> >
> > I think he was talking about having to manually insert each flash
> > card into a reader, mv the data, and then remove it.
> >
> Exactly!
>
> Additionally the flash cards I have been using are not that fast to
> transfer data. They have been only 256Mb (I have not tested the Gb level
> Micro Drives) It could also be due to USB speed limitations.

There are high-speed CF cards now, and USB 2.0 readers.
http://www.pdaden.com/shop/cart.php?target=category&action=view&category_id=265

> Therefore it might actually take several days to put the data into those
> flash cards and then read on the other end.

With enough parallelism (i.e. people + card readers), and stuff like
automount daemons and scripts to mv the data as soon as the card
is mounted, it should be pretty quick.

If HDs are used, they can be slapped into racks full of empty
HD slots, so that no data xfer would be needed. Just mount them
and they're on-line.

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