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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