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Portable media format(s), network file transfers?

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The Question is:

 
After digging through the Wizard archives, I'd like to rephrase a question I
posted earlier (about an hour ago), please.
 
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How do I best send a "big" file (4gbytes+)from an INTEL-based NT-server to
VMS.
 
we have:
DLT tape (ARCSERVE)
TCP/IP - Multinet (FTP)
Reflection software for WinNT (terminal emulator with file transfer
abilities)
 
we had SAMBA: used to work until we moved buildings.  Needs to be
reconfigured properly.
 
Both COMPUTERS reside on same Ethernet link.
 
I'm worried about band width with network file transfers.  Would it take
hours? days?
 
Can we read an ARCSERVE tape?  I've had no success so far with MOU/FOR or
MOU/OVER=ID or EXCHANGE.  Are there any utilities for this?
 
Thanks for any help/direction you can give.
Chris Holtz
 
 


The Answer is :

 
  The note you are rephrasing includes details that were omitted from this
  note, including mention of the the database of roughly four gigabytes --
  by OpenVMS standards, this database is on the small side -- and that you
  are working with Windows NT 3.51 and OpenVMS V7.1.
 
  The core problem here is typically not in the data transfer or the media
  itself, it is the format of the contents of the files being transfered.
  Sequential ASCII text is normally no problem.  Other (proprietary) file
  formats can be somewhat more of a problem to access, once transfered.
 
  tar and various other "portable" file transfer tools are available for
  most every platform, and there are also third-party packages providing
  compatibility with OpenVMS BACKUP savesets on Windows NT systems.  Use
  of a network and associated file transfer tools (such as FTP) is also
  another obvious approach.  Also determine if the tool used to export
  the data from the Windows NT database has particular requirements.
 
  The Wizard is not aware of an OpenVMS tool that reads Cheyenne Arcserver
  format.  (Please check with CA for information on CA products.)
 
  As for network bandwidth, a tranditional (slow) Ethernet network can
  deliver a peak rate of roughly one megabyte of data per second.  Four
  gigabytes would thus requre roughly four thosand seconds, or slightly
  over an hour, at a minimum.  (Slower Ethernet controllers or a network
  with traffic will obviously increase the amount of time required.)
  More recent networks, such as Fast Ethernet, deliver higher bandwidth.

answer written or last revised on ( 4-JAN-1999 )

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