Re: [PLUG] large file transfer

["Jabberwocky" <jabberwocky@luxsci.net>]

I remember reading this quote in a much earlier edition of Tanenbaum, certainly in the early nineties.  Replace "Tapes" with DVD's: same theory, different media, huh?   

* Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
          o Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 4th Ed. p. 91




On January 25, 2007, TuskenTower wrote:

> DVD + FedEx
> Not always cost effective, but you get tracking #s and delivery
> confirmation.  If you verify the disc before shipping it out, you can
> be reasonable sure that no bits were damaged in transit (don't use UPS
> aka oops, cause they will find a way to damage it).
> 
> HTH
> Amul
> 
> On 1/25/07, jimjawn <jimjawn@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Bittorrent springs to mind as well.
> >
> >
> > On 1/25/07, Stephen Gran <steve@lobefin.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 11:57:23AM -0500, gyoza@comcast.net said:
> > > > Is there something better than FTP for "civilians" to transfer up to
> > > > gigabytes of files?  This would be used for business to business
> > > > transfers of image files.
> > >
> > > uucp and sendfile spring to mind.  They take some overhead to set up,
> > > but then it's fairly transparent to the end user (especially sendfile).
> > > --
> > >
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