No I'm not unixified...heh

More than likely I will just do it over a switch I have here in the office
over the weekend. It is two windows systems (2000 server and 2003 server
that house all of OMRF's imaging files for all the imaging facility users,
so I have to make sure everything is double and triple protected. I can't
rsync since it's windows based, without going through a lot of hoopla with
Cygwin (which I could do but by the time I had it figured out I could have
done it the hard way) ;) The 2000 server is an adaptec 2200S attached to a
10 drive RAID5 array, the 2003 server is a 2200S attached to a 10 drive
1.2TB RAID5 array. They both have external connections, but since both are
mounted by their own cards, I didn't think you could.

The whole reason for this is we got a new tape backup system that will do
600gig, which will cover our whole imaging server. Right now we have 4
partitions of 60 gig so we can fit each array on one tape for full backups.
Now I can get them all in one tape, but on two of the arrays, I need to
expand them since they are filling up so fast, and a few others I need to
shrink. Before I start tampering with the array though, I'm going to do full
backups on tape as well as copy over to a new server, then blowout and
rebuild it into one array (for both my sanity and for administration
purposes on my end). I have a gigabit switch in the office that I'll just
drop between them and get it rolling on saturday and come up on Sunday and
get the array done. I'll have it all on tape as well as doing an integrity
check on the data moved. Then move it all back and be done with it (I hope).

At any rate, thanks all for the comments and help.

J


-----Original Message-----
From: Yasvir Tesiram [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 10:53 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Question on peer-to-peer SCSI connections


Holy smoke. Didn't know you were still alive. I have no idea what
Imaging 1 and 5 are. I don't know how transferring 500G will affect the
rest of the network. What do you think?

Yas


On Jul 7, 2004, at 10:50 AM, Alan Shields wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 10:25:27AM -0500, Yasvir Tesiram wrote:
>> I assume you are unixified.
>
> I'd prefer we kept medical discussions off list. I mean, what
> difference
> does it make if....
>
> Oh, right.
>
> Yeah.
>
>> 1. mount a file system for the scsi device via mount /dev/scd?? <mount
>> point> on machine 1. OK, this is vague. You will need to fiddle to
>> find
>> an entry in /dev that will work.
>>
>> 2. The other easier method is via ethernet and a cross-over cable.
>>        o You will need to manually change your network settings
>> temporarily.
>> Choose an IP address for machine 1., e.g. 128.250.58.177.
>>        o Set the other machine IP address to 128.250.58.178. Just
>> make sure
>> the domain part matches.
>>        o subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
>>        o The target machine should be set up to allow remote
>> connections
>>        etc.
>>        o ftp, rsync, or rcp from machine 1 to 2.
>>
>> Method 2 will also work for Windoze and computers with real OS's.I
>> have
>> a cross over cable here. You are most welcome to borrow it.
>
> Not sure how the networking people would feel about it, but I'd do the
> transfer through the wall jacks. With a crossover cable you don't get
> duplex, and that makes a big difference on large transfers. Either a
> private switch (not a hub) or the wall jacks.
>
> Just an aside,
> Alan