My IDE bus is under very load at times while the DVD-R is being burned. Basically I have a linux PC that is continuously fetching data to be archived from various other Linux servers via FTP and packaging the data into ISO files (this is all in the background). The PC only has a single IDE hard drive drive on it. If I was to use the IDE bus for the burns then the FTPs, ISO creation, and the DVD-R burns would all be using the same hard drive and IDE bus. With this load I think I my failure rate would be unacceptable. I could add a second hard drive dedicated to burning a DVD ISO file but this means the user has to wait to move the 4.7 GB ISO file from one hard drive to the second one before each burn (and since this is done 6 to 10 times a day that time adds up quick). I would rather not slow down the process if possible. Since there seems to be no load issues with my current SCSI configuration I would very much like to keep it (if possible). I appreciate your time and suggestions. Thanks.
Brian --- Warly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have been using the Pioneer S201 DVD-R drive > with > > the cdrecord (pro) software. To date, the drive > and > > the software have performed flawlessly. I am using > the > > drive and cdrecord for the long term archival of > data > > files on my linux servers, I am just making a big > ISO > > file with mkisofs and burning it with cdrecord. As > I > > am just using the DVD-R drive for the storage of a > > normal linux file system I don't need to be using > the > > DVD-R Authoring media which is much more expensive > > than the DVD-R General media (about $15 a disc > > compared to under $10). Since I will be archiving > > literally thousands and thousands of discs the > cost > > savings of switch media is huge. The problem is > that > > the S201 drive only supports Authoring media. > > Pioneer's new DVD-R A03 (~$700) drive supports > General > > media but this is an ATAPI interface drive, not > SCSI > > like the S201. So my idea was to try an IDE to > SCSI > > converter (SCSIDE) on the A03. Has anyone done > this > > successfully with a drive and cdrecord? Does > anyone > > see any potential problems with this solution (or > have > > a different one)? > > Does you want SCSI converter because your system > only support SCSI or > any other reason ? > > I am burning DVD image on linux with this Pioneer > A03 with the > ide-scsi linux kernel emulation, and everything > works fine. > > -- > Warly __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
