Re: copying multiple DVDs

Roberto Verzola <[email protected]>
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My experience with even a single USB optical drive is that it's very slow.

Obet

Ramon Tayag wrote:
> How about using USB DVD-RW drives? I haven't checked prices of 
> external DVD drives, but I imagine that will allow you to get up and 
> running quickly, if that's a requirement.
>
> Ramon Tayag
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Roberto Verzola <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     I'd like to build a Linux machine that will simultaneously burn
>     several (say, 10) DVDs from an original ISO file. It is our DVD,
>     so no copyright issue is involved here.
>
>     I find burning from a single burner too slow, if I want to burn,
>     say, 100 copies quickly.
>
>     What I have in mind is to connect 10 burners to one machine. Then,
>     to have 10 instances of K3B (or some similar disk-burning
>     software, K3B is best though...) running, each instance using 1 of
>     the 10 burners.
>
>     Is this at all possible? The PCs I've seen have at most 4 SATA
>     ports, and one of these is for the hard drive. That leaves only 3
>     for 3 burners.
>
>     If I connect a DVD burner to SATA ports 2, 3, and 4 (#1 is used by
>     the hard disk), will this idea work?
>
>     How do I connect more than 4 SATA drives to a PC?
>
>     Thanks in advance,
>
>     Obet Verzola
>
>     PS. To the curious: I work with farmers and we have a training
>     video for farmers that we produce on demand, and sometimes we need
>     to do so quickly.
>
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