[KLUG Members] Putting A Burner On The Network

[Bruce Smith]

> > > > > I have a DVD burner I'd like to make available on the corporate
> > > > > for people to use remotely.  Anyone done this or looked into it?  I
> > > > > think of ways to cobble such a scheme together, but I'd prefer
> > > > A friend of mine (not on this list) has been raving about HyperSCSI,
> > > > which allows you to access SCSI devices on remote PC's across the
> > > > network.  He's used it for accessing remote tape drives and CD drives,
> > > > and loves it.  Never tried it myself, so I don't know the details.
> > > > Just a thought, FWIW ...  :-)
> > >http://nst.dsi.a-star.edu.sg/mcsa/hyperscsi
> > >The HyperSCSI home page doesn't load. :(  But references make it sound
> > >interesting...  And supposedly the most recent version has a Win32
> > >client-side driver.
> > Bruce's link http://www.dsi.a-star.edu.sg/research/hyper.html should get you
> > started. From what I have read (mostly from the iSCSI people) HyperSCSI uses
> > their own protocol over Ethernet rather than using IP. 
> 
> Yep, looks that way.  I'm fine with that since all the potential users
> are at this facility, not more that three switches away.  Can't imagine
> someone over the WAN using something like this.

It can definitely use a LOT of bandwidth.  My friend who runs HyperSCSI
upgraded his home network to a GB-switch for this.  :-)     But he's
doing more than burning CD's (backups to remote tapes, remote disks).

 - BS