[Gllug] usb dvd writer

[Daniel Andersson]

> Is there any compelling reason why the burner needs to be external? DVD
> writers are fairly expensive and an external on could quite easily walk
> out of the office. Can USB (version 1 rated at 12 Mbps ) support the
> 10.4 Mbps (1x burn speed = 1.3MB/s*8) bandwidth required for a DVD
> burner? Even if it was they only device on the root hub I would say
> probably not. Best bet IMHO is get an internal SCSI.

it's not in an office, it's co-located and rackmounted
no space left in the server :(

and it would be USB 2 which is rated at 480 Mbps, so that should be okay

/ d

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