Robert, despite the comfort that the ftp transfer offers, I find a local cloning operation to be much faster. Assuming fast ethernet results in a theoretical maximum data rate of 12.5 megabytes per second, in reality often enough much less. Cloning runs at almost the max speed of the drives themselves, even on older hardware I can get 20-30 MB/s and more. Therefore, whenever possible do a local cloning. I equipped myself with a spare hard drive and an external power supply. This eliminates the problems with short internal power cables and just leaves the problem of pulling out a suitable data (IDE/SCSI/whatever) plug :)
Andre Robert L Cochran schrieb: > Can anyone suggest a network hard drive I can use with g4u? I'd like > these features: > > *Available in the USA, or can be shipped to the USA > *It plugs into my network switch, grabs an IP from the DHCP server; can > accept the hostname information supplied by the DHCP server. > *Onboard FTP server can accept huge image sizes (>100 Gb) > *Hard drives can be swapped in and out quickly. I do not want to spend > all my time fighting with screws and plastic shells that interlock with > impossible tightness. > > I'm even wondering if I can build a network hard drive on one of my > breadboards using an AVR or PIC microcontroller and ethernet hardware. > Breadboarding will not exactly lend to portability, but I would learn a > lot about ethernet and ftp. Are there kits available? Maybe I could > build something to fit inside a Pelican case (which is waterproof.) > > Portability is important. My family and friends often ask me to fix > their computers, and most of the time they want software fixed. I'm > starting to appreciate the value of making a fast on-the-fly backup. g4u > plus a network hard drive seems a good combination. A network image > transfer would be faster than a local disk copy, yes? Faster than > firewire or USB? > > Thanks > > Bob Cochran > Maryland, USA > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > g4u-help mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/g4u-help > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ g4u-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/g4u-help
