Need to copy 200GB of data to 130 USB drives

We have 130 external USB hard drives to which we need to
copy the same 200 GB of data. I know we could slog through
this one by one, but is there an easier way? Are there service
bureaus that can do this?

Thanks.

Previously Jill <jill@somewhere.net> wrote:
> We have 130 external USB hard drives to which we need to
> copy the same 200 GB of data. I know we could slog through
> this one by one, but is there an easier way? Are there service
> bureaus that can do this?

> Thanks.

If you have qualified people to do this, better do it yourself.
If you gove the job away, you allways have to worry about
it being done sloppily. I don't think this service is in
the standard offering of any data replicator. CDs/DVDs/USB-sticks,
sure. But disks?

Arno

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:11:59 -0800, "Jill"
<jill@somewhere.net> wrote:

>We have 130 external USB hard drives to which we need to
>copy the same 200 GB of data. I know we could slog through
>this one by one, but is there an easier way? Are there service
>bureaus that can do this?
>
>Thanks.
>

Use your network/workstations to do the work.

Hook one USB drive to a computer on the network.

Start copying the file to that drive. When done, remove and
repeat.

Do that using ten computers and ten USB drives....

Should be less than 6 min/drive (480mb/sec transfer rate for
USB2), and doing ten at once....

Jerry

Previously Gerald Abrahamson <jerryab@visi.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:11:59 -0800, "Jill"
> <jill@somewhere.net> wrote:

>>We have 130 external USB hard drives to which we need to
>>copy the same 200 GB of data. I know we could slog through
>>this one by one, but is there an easier way? Are there service
>>bureaus that can do this?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>

> Use your network/workstations to do the work.

> Hook one USB drive to a computer on the network.

> Start copying the file to that drive. When done, remove and
> repeat.

> Do that using ten computers and ten USB drives....

> Should be less than 6 min/drive (480mb/sec transfer rate for
> USB2), and doing ten at once....

That is whishful thinking. Most USB2 enclosures level out
at 20-25MB/s.

Arno

Arno Wagner wrote in news:5se141F18nhelU1@mid.individual.net
> Previously Jill <jill@somewhere.net> wrote:
> > We have 130 external USB hard drives to which we need to
> > copy the same 200 GB of data. I know we could slog through
> > this one by one, but is there an easier way? Are there service
> > bureaus that can do this?
>
> > Thanks.

> If you have qualified people to do this, better do it *yourself*.

Ooh, that made a lot of sense.

> If you gove the job away, you allways have to worry about
> it being done sloppily. I don't think this service is in
> the standard offering of any data replicator.
> CDs/DVDs/USB-sticks, sure. But disks?
>
> Arno

Arno Wagner wrote in news:5sgjt4F18t4lgU3@mid.individual.net
> Previously Gerald Abrahamson <jerryab@visi.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:11:59 -0800, "Jill" <jill@somewhere.net> wrote:
>
> > > We have 130 external USB hard drives to which we need to
> > > copy the same 200 GB of data. I know we could slog through
> > > this one by one, but is there an easier way? Are there service
> > > bureaus that can do this?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
>
> > Use your network/workstations to do the work.
>
> > Hook one USB drive to a computer on the network.
>
> > Start copying the file to that drive. When done, remove and repeat.
>
> > Do that using ten computers and ten USB drives....
>
> > Should be less than 6 min/drive (480mb/sec transfer rate for
> > USB2), and doing ten at once....

> That is whishful thinking.

No. Really?

> Most USB2 enclosures level out at 20-25MB/s.

Which gives you 200GB in 10,000 seconds or ~3 hours.

That's not even close to "wishful" thinking.
Babblehead, clueless as ever, again.

>
> Arno

Gerald Abrahamson wrote in news:3kb5m39mobu70sj2mqffal7vkn7c3s6bds@4ax.com
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:11:59 -0800, "Jill" <jill@somewhere.net> wrote:
>
> > We have 130 external USB hard drives to which we need to
> > copy the same 200 GB of data. I know we could slog through
> > this one by one, but is there an easier way? Are there service
> > bureaus that can do this?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> Use your network/workstations to do the work.
>
> Hook one USB drive to a computer on the network.
>
> Start copying the file to that drive. When done, remove and repeat.
>
> Do that using ten computers and ten USB drives....

> Should be less than 6 min/drive

Of course it should.

> (480mb/sec transfer rate for USB2),

Even if you read that as 480MB/s (which it obviously isn't) it still
costs 200,000/480 = 417 sec or *7 min*.

You have this one figured out quite well.

> and doing ten at once....
>
> Jerry