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Subject: Runtimes over a Network
You would be better off getting an external USB drive
480 Mb/s (max) vs 100 Mb/s (max)
Shawn
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Another thing: Vista + network = SLOW.
I've tried Vista64, with service packs, over a Gbit network.
Connections between XP32 workstations and XP64 workstations and 2003/2008 server are fast, transfer rates around 600 Mbit/sec (which neatly fits with the maximum write speed of my harddisks). Connections to and from the Vista64 machine were limited to less than 50 Mbit/sec.
Haven't tested WIndows 7 over the network yet. First impressions were good, the system felt responsive over the network, but I haven't done any measurements.
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Apparently, Microsoft changed the API for Windows networking and filesharing when they brought out Vista. Based on the queries I see on Linux boards, about recent NAS hardware, I wonder if a network share is currently a wise choice. I suspect poor compatibilty.
(My linux netbook works fine with a pre-Vista Windows box offering file shares, less well with an current-model NAS drive.)
USB isn't brilliant, you can't get anything like full bus speed out of a hard drive, but it works.
Right now, after my experience of Windows file sharing, I'd be inclined toward running two local drives, external USB if need be, with a utility to keep them synchronised over the network. Bonus, you have some protection against drive failure--it isn't a formal backup or RAID solution but it's a better chance. And an external drive might be a better backup than messing around with stacks of DVDs.
Utility to keep the folders synchronized over the network: ROBOCOPY /MIR.
Robocopy is like xcopy on steroids. It's part of the Windows Resource Kit Toolbox (rktools), free download from Microsoft.
One of the nicest things about Robocopy is that it is FAST! Easily 10% faster than xcopy, and 30% faster than Windows Explorer. Written by Marc Russinovich, the guy that knows more about WIndows than Microsoft itsef.
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Hi Folks;
Has anyone managed to get P7 or Pro to share a runtime over a network? I've got P7 on my 2Gb XP machine and Pro on my 8Gb Vista machine....tried to get them both to share a single runtime (hosted on the Vista machine) over the network I've got, but they both just crash out. They both run off a local copy of the same Runtime, so I know the problem isn't with the Runtime itself.
It's bugging me because I have to make any changes to the Runtime twice!
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