I wasn't thinking to create such discussion on serial link.... But my goal
is to have a replication between two linux servers. With this replication
i'm gona be able to respond very quickly in case of system crash or failure
of the primary server. I was thinking of serial link between the servers but
someone suggested the parallel link. I don't really have a problem of length
cable because i'm only connecting two servers with about 2 feet between
them. Today computers have a parallel or serial connectors so i can keep the
cost down.
So right now i'm doing some tests with a parallel link and i use nfs to do
the replication of the most important directores and files. I'm open on
better ideas or suggestions... Thanks
Carl St-Jacques
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Carville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Serial link
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> -On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> -> Yes but you can rig up a serial link (better yet a parallel link) with
> -> spare speaker wire and get better than floppy speeds with out the
floppy
> -> inconvienence.
> ->
> -Ah. Ok. I can see this....however, even standard telephone
> -cable ought to be useable for an ethernet link between a
> -couple of computers in one room (assuming that's what the
> -original poster was talking about.) You won't get the
> -distance you would with CAT5 cable, but it SHOULD work....
>
> Most telephone cable these days is Category 3 so it should work
> correctly with 10 Mbps just like real ethernet cable.
>
> --
> Stephen Carville
> --
> Operating complicated machinery whilst possessed of the
> cognitive powers of a sea slug and the disposition
> of a polar bear with a toothache is very unwise
>
