On Tuesday 12 September 2006 15:00, Laurence Bates wrote: > What is the general thinking about using the campus Ethernet for infrequent > archives of data between buildings? Is the existing traffic approaching > capacity? Is the security risk acceptable? Should it be restricted to > certain hours? How much DR is really gained by archives that stay on > campus? I suppose it all depends on how much data you're talking about, but I would use sftp to secure it, and gzip everything; it saves both disk and transmission time. STeve Andre' Political Science