Other than PNET or RJE, I can't imagine anyone ever shipping a dump prior to the '90s. It is only since I had high speed Internet connections that I have ever shipped a dump online. It seems like only 4-5 years ago, I was still shipping tapes.
If we were ever in a real hurry, where FEDEX was too slow, we would take the tape to Lambert International Airport (St. Louis), and put it on the next flight out to where ever it needed to go. Eventually we figured out that FEDEX was just as good, as by time the plane landed and the tape got to the developer, it was already evening and they were just going to work on it in the morning anyway. So I guess the question I'm wondering... How many others have shipped dumps, online, back before high speed Internet connections? Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/11/2006 10:12 AM >>> On: Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 05:35:50AM -0400,Phil Smith III Wrote: } Yeah, we had a customer who wanted to move 100TB from Japan to New Jersey; my recommendation was "Crate the Shark and fly it there". I calculated that if it took 24 hours door-to-door, that was about 1GB/second throughput. Latency was pretty bad, though... Back in the dark ages when 9600 was a high speed modem, I was asked about getting product dumps from (I think) Florida to Callifunny. The dumps were large enough that it was faster to ship a tape counter-to-counter than to send that many bytes at 9600. -- Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 239 543 1353 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians Owner:Chinook-L Retired at the beach Asst Owner:Sibernet-L
