Linux and data storage?

[Janina Sajka]

Exactly why I'm on Sinna's case about this. He's clouded and confused
things.

Luke Davis writes:
> Um, if you have FTP access on both, why would you need that tool?  Why not 
> just telnet to Shellworld, from there FTP to your web server (sftp or scp 
> or rsync would be better), and transfer the files directly?
> 
>  On Sun, 26 Sep 
> 2004, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> 
> >hmm,
> >Let me be sure I follow you.
> >This is a program that runs in windows, that would let me move the 
> >contents of my shellworld workspace,  <i have ftp here too of course> to 
> >say the storage on my website<where I also  have ftp,> and that is not 
> >located on shellworld?
> >if all this is true, where can i find this tool?
> >Karen
> >
> >On Sun, 26 Sep 2004, Sina Bahram wrote:
> >
> >>If I may humbly suggest?
> >>
> >>Fxp, or flash xp as I think it is...is a windows tool that allows someone 
> >>to
> >>connect to one ftp, then connect to the other ftp...and then say, FTP A,
> >>copy stuff to FTP B....then all you have to do is sit back and let the 
> >>data
> >>packets flow...it doesn't go through your system at all: so you could
> >>transfer information at any speed, only limited by the two ftp servers, 
> >>not
> >>by your own connection.
> >>
> >>*shrug* is there a linux equivalent to this tool/protocall?
> >>
> >>Take care,
> >>Sina
> >>
> >>No trees were destroyed in sending this message; however, a large number 
> >>of
> >>electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
> >>[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> >>On Behalf Of Chuck Hallenbeck
> >>Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 8:51 PM
> >>To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> >>Subject: Re: Linux and data storage?
> >>
> >>Karen,
> >>
> >>You have two bottlenecks, seems to me. One is your connection speed, the
> >>other is nettamer. You can use "tar" on your ISP's system to aggregate 
> >>those
> >>precious files into one archive, assuming you have the space, and then 
> >>move
> >>that archive somewhere. Nettamer could retrieve it with its ftp facility,
> >>but it might take forever over a dialup link.
> >>
> >>If you had a linux desktop, you could use an ftp client on your desktop,
> >>call it "system A", to move files from "system B" to "system C", assuming
> >>you had the necessary access permissions and such.
> >>
> >>Also, you could email stuff to yourself with attachments, although 
> >>nettamer
> >>is a little weird about attachments, and then you have filesize limits.
> >>
> >>Finally, if you had a Linux desktop and a high speed connection you would 
> >>be
> >>home free. Just grab all those files quickly with an FTP client, move 
> >>them
> >>to your desktop, and burn them to a CD if you need to.
> >>
> >>My Linux system uses two 40 GB disks, one of which is used extensively to
> >>backup stuff on the other. Not exactly a raid system, but heavily 
> >>redundant.
> >>I do use CD backups too once in a blue moon.
> >>
> >>Your DOS desktop has limited HD storage. A Linux desktop would not. I 
> >>have a
> >>DOS partition of 500 MB on each of my two 40 GB hard discs, just in case,
> >>but have not booted into DOS in several years. For my own situation, I
> >>cannot imagine ever being able (psychologically) to return to DOS and
> >>Nettamer.
> >>
> >>Chuck
> >>
> >>
> >>
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

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