F10+ Burn multiple discs concurrent from iso?

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Sun Jan 25 23:57:08 UTC 2009


Frank Murphy wrote:
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
> 
>> In addition to bandwidth issues, this really is best addresses as a
>> script. Are you going to burn multiple copies of the same data or
>> multiple things at once (doesn't change the bandwidth issue for
>> backplane, does for disk).
>>
>> Check power supply for that load...
> 
> Burn the one image.
> Am thinking maybe quad core cpu,

Probably more than you would ever need, burning isn't all that CPU intensive.
I see about 5% burning two DVD at once.

> with possibly 32mb ram.

Hope that's a typo... You probably want 100-200MB/burner.

> 2 power supplies to share the load.
> I've come across a case that has 10 5.5 inch bays.
> Plus 6 3.5 internal for drives.


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