[Gllug] OT Firewire/Fast Networking

[John Hearns]

On 9 Dec 2002, Ian Baillie wrote:

> Is there an inexpensive way of networking which would allow a number of
> machines to have there files stored centrally and be able to do video
> editing?

Interestign question!

Xander mentioned Firewire - there has recently been a thread on the 
Beowulf list discussing IP over Firewire.  Sounds afun thing to try out.

I guess though that the real answer to your question is that the current 
ways of doing things like this are either via a fibre channel SAN - and 
this is expensive,
or to use gigabit Ethernet - cheap these days.





> 
> If not, how is it done in the industry?  DO the users just have a
> dedicated machine and drive for the duration?
> 
> An alternative is to have external firewire drives that they can plug
> into any of the machines...
> 
That might not be such a bad idea actually.
As the saying goes, the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with magnetic 
tapes is
pretty big :-)> 



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