Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:58 PM 7/31/2009, you wrote: >Ah! So... they're close enough that I assume it's not a matter of >mothballing one or the other for the season and moving, you're probably >back and forth pretty often. Every single day. >So the computer infrastructure could (and >maybe does) stay powered up both places. Yes. >If the simplicity of schlepping a disk is for the best, maybe look into >a Firewire-800 drive. Its connector (derived from something used in a >consumer video-game machine?) may be specified for more plug/unplug >cycles than the USB connector. The Drobo is Firewire-800. >If you want to do magical 'net synching, I'd first look at using >rsync-over-ssh. You'd set the firewall box(es) at the place(s) expected >to accept a connection from the other place, which would initiate the >transfer, to port-forward port 22 to a host with access to the part of >the disk you're updating, and set that host up to accept an ssh >connection and be able to fire up rsync. You are speaking absolute Greek to me!! >You'd definitely want someone computer-savvy to set this up, ensuring >that the ssh setup was secure and limited to the expected use, and that >rsync couldn't scribble where it shouldn't. rsync and ssh are included >parts of Mac OS X and most Linux distributions, but I dunno if you have >to pick them up and install them on Windows. Right. Where do I find somebody to do this for me? I don't want to spend the rest of my life learning computers. I just want to use them and have them work - like my Leicas. ;-) Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com