[lug] SCSI DVD writers?

Gary Hodges Gary.Hodges at noaa.gov
Fri Jun 18 15:00:09 MDT 2004


Ed Moxley wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 14:34, Gary Hodges wrote:
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>>Ed Moxley wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 14:13, Gary Hodges wrote:
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>>>>Is there a SCSI DVD+/-RW out there?  I have a full SCSI system with the 
>>>>exception of a Sony DVD +/-RW drive.  When I'm using the DVD drive my 
>>>>system performance really drags.  At some point in the near future I 
>>>>will be producing a lot of data DVD's and I would like to be able to use 
>>>>my computer for other tasks while writing the disks.  I've searched a 
>>>>few times over the past couple of months, but haven't been able to come 
>>>>up with a SCSI DVD writer.
>>>>
>>>>Gary
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>>>Don't see anything other than dvdram devices in scsi.  Have you
>>>considered an atapi-scsi convertor for your existing drive?
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>>>http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/145230&mode=thread
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>>Thanks for the pointer.  It looks like it would suit my purpose fine, 
>>though I wish they would have done a test with a CDRW or DVDRW as well.  
>>I'll likely buy one of these soon and report back on how it works.
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>>Gary
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>After searching a little more I found several scsi dvd burners here (no 
>prices listed, you have to phone):  
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>http://www.storageheaven.com/products/optical_dvd-recordable_diablo4x.asp
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I have to congratulate you on finding that.  I wish they had an internal 
model, but maybe they only sell an external because they have one of 
those converter cards stuck on the back of a commodity drive!  I'll 
check on a price in any case.

Gary




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