moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
ciao,
der.hans
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, der.hans wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
In the past we have had such a thing, but we tried to discourage people from needing to download large items during the show, especially having a whole roomful of people trying to download at the same time. The strain that such behavior puts on the wireless network makes it painful.
David Lang
These days, why not bring a few thumb drives, or just grab some from vendors, fill them with the data you need, and just pass them out?
--Chris
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:17 AM, David Lang david@lang.hm wrote:
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, der.hans wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
In the past we have had such a thing, but we tried to discourage people from needing to download large items during the show, especially having a whole roomful of people trying to download at the same time. The strain that such behavior puts on the wireless network makes it painful.
David Lang
Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
Am 07. Mar, 2017 schwätzte Christopher Smith so:
moin moin,
These days, why not bring a few thumb drives, or just grab some from vendors, fill them with the data you need, and just pass them out?
Both ideas, using USB drives and snagging some from vendors, were mentioned by someone in the conversation :).
ciao,
der.hans
--Chris
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:17 AM, David Lang david@lang.hm wrote:
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, der.hans wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
In the past we have had such a thing, but we tried to discourage people from needing to download large items during the show, especially having a whole roomful of people trying to download at the same time. The strain that such behavior puts on the wireless network makes it painful.
David Lang
Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
Am 07. Mar, 2017 schwätzte David Lang so:
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, der.hans wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
In the past we have had such a thing, but we tried to discourage people from needing to download large items during the show, especially having a whole roomful of people trying to download at the same time. The strain that such behavior puts on the wireless network makes it painful.
One of the workshops mentioned was using wired connections, but still a strain to somewhere.
ciao,
der.hans
If the room was wired like we did for 209/210 then we have no problems hosting a server for people to download from. The wired network does not have the same limits that the wireless does.
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:39 PM, der.hans < Verteiler+SCaLE-planning@lufthans.com> wrote:
Am 07. Mar, 2017 schwätzte David Lang so:
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, der.hans wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
In the past we have had such a thing, but we tried to discourage people from needing to download large items during the show, especially having a whole roomful of people trying to download at the same time. The strain that such behavior puts on the wireless network makes it painful.
One of the workshops mentioned was using wired connections, but still a strain to somewhere.
ciao,
der.hans
# http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # "The reasons for my decision to quit were myriad, but central to the # decision was the realization that there are two kinds of companies: # Good ones ask you to think for them. # The others tell you to think like them." -- Benjy Feen _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
We can set up a mirror on site. it was just one more thing this year, but next year, if we have the hardware, I don't really see an issue.
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Zach Underwood zunder1990@gmail.com wrote:
If the room was wired like we did for 209/210 then we have no problems hosting a server for people to download from. The wired network does not have the same limits that the wireless does.
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:39 PM, der.hans Verteiler+SCaLE-planning@lufthans.com wrote:
Am 07. Mar, 2017 schwätzte David Lang so:
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, der.hans wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
In the past we have had such a thing, but we tried to discourage people from needing to download large items during the show, especially having a whole roomful of people trying to download at the same time. The strain that such behavior puts on the wireless network makes it painful.
One of the workshops mentioned was using wired connections, but still a strain to somewhere.
ciao,
der.hans
# http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # "The reasons for my decision to quit were myriad, but central to the # decision was the realization that there are two kinds of companies: # Good ones ask you to think for them. # The others tell you to think like them." -- Benjy Feen _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
-- Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) My website advance-networking.com
Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
We have historically offered local mirrors of popular distros on network, and played tricks with DNS to ensure they were downloaded via us.
Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 Voice 818-442-1865 Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
--- Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events: * SeaGL - Nov 11-12, 2016 * SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 6:53 AM, der.hans < Verteiler+SCaLE-planning@lufthans.com> wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
ciao,
der.hans
# http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then # you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and # I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have # two ideas. -- George Bernard Shaw _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
we had 2+GB files and that means EXT4/NTFS for USB Drives...it was a disaster..we finally had to go out and buy a USB HD that we were able to use...it took over 2+hrs of the Class time on Sunday to pass the drive around with 30 students...
its not needed by everyone but in our case it would have helped (along with wired network...) we could have used a switch and had them come up 5 at a time had we had a server that we could have dumped those things on.
T
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
We have historically offered local mirrors of popular distros on network, and played tricks with DNS to ensure they were downloaded via us.
Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 <(877)%20831-2569> Voice 818-442-1865 <(818)%20442-1865> Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:
- SeaGL - Nov 11-12, 2016
- SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 6:53 AM, der.hans <Verteiler+SCaLE-planning@ lufthans.com> wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
ciao,
der.hans
# http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then # you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and # I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have # two ideas. -- George Bernard Shaw _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
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Tom what room was you in? We had at least 3 servers in NOC that could have served that file.
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Tom King ka6sox@gmail.com wrote:
we had 2+GB files and that means EXT4/NTFS for USB Drives...it was a disaster..we finally had to go out and buy a USB HD that we were able to use...it took over 2+hrs of the Class time on Sunday to pass the drive around with 30 students...
its not needed by everyone but in our case it would have helped (along with wired network...) we could have used a switch and had them come up 5 at a time had we had a server that we could have dumped those things on.
T
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
wrote:
We have historically offered local mirrors of popular distros on network, and played tricks with DNS to ensure they were downloaded via us.
Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 <(877)%20831-2569> Voice 818-442-1865 <(818)%20442-1865> Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:
- SeaGL - Nov 11-12, 2016
- SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 6:53 AM, der.hans <Verteiler+SCaLE-planning@luft hans.com> wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
ciao,
der.hans
# http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then # you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and # I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have # two ideas. -- George Bernard Shaw _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
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212 Sunday...
T
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Zach Underwood zunder1990@gmail.com wrote:
Tom what room was you in? We had at least 3 servers in NOC that could have served that file.
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Tom King ka6sox@gmail.com wrote:
we had 2+GB files and that means EXT4/NTFS for USB Drives...it was a disaster..we finally had to go out and buy a USB HD that we were able to use...it took over 2+hrs of the Class time on Sunday to pass the drive around with 30 students...
its not needed by everyone but in our case it would have helped (along with wired network...) we could have used a switch and had them come up 5 at a time had we had a server that we could have dumped those things on.
T
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch < ilan@socallinuxexpo.org> wrote:
We have historically offered local mirrors of popular distros on network, and played tricks with DNS to ensure they were downloaded via us.
Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 <(877)%20831-2569> Voice 818-442-1865 <(818)%20442-1865> Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:
- SeaGL - Nov 11-12, 2016
- SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 6:53 AM, der.hans <Verteiler+SCaLE-planning@luft hans.com> wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
ciao,
der.hans
# http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then # you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and # I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have # two ideas. -- George Bernard Shaw _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
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Tom next you or anyone else has to share file like that everyone in the room please let the event know ahead of time in the planning stages. If you do that then tech team may be able to cable every desk like we did for 209/210.
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Tom King ka6sox@gmail.com wrote:
212 Sunday...
T
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Zach Underwood zunder1990@gmail.com wrote:
Tom what room was you in? We had at least 3 servers in NOC that could have served that file.
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Tom King ka6sox@gmail.com wrote:
we had 2+GB files and that means EXT4/NTFS for USB Drives...it was a disaster..we finally had to go out and buy a USB HD that we were able to use...it took over 2+hrs of the Class time on Sunday to pass the drive around with 30 students...
its not needed by everyone but in our case it would have helped (along with wired network...) we could have used a switch and had them come up 5 at a time had we had a server that we could have dumped those things on.
T
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch < ilan@socallinuxexpo.org> wrote:
We have historically offered local mirrors of popular distros on network, and played tricks with DNS to ensure they were downloaded via us.
Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 <(877)%20831-2569> Voice 818-442-1865 <(818)%20442-1865> Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:
- SeaGL - Nov 11-12, 2016
- SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 6:53 AM, der.hans <Verteiler+SCaLE-planning@luft hans.com> wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
ciao,
der.hans
# http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then # you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and # I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have # two ideas. -- George Bernard Shaw _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
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Zach,
Thanks! I will do that.
T
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Zach Underwood zunder1990@gmail.com wrote:
Tom next you or anyone else has to share file like that everyone in the room please let the event know ahead of time in the planning stages. If you do that then tech team may be able to cable every desk like we did for 209/210.
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Tom King ka6sox@gmail.com wrote:
212 Sunday...
T
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Zach Underwood zunder1990@gmail.com wrote:
Tom what room was you in? We had at least 3 servers in NOC that could have served that file.
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Tom King ka6sox@gmail.com wrote:
we had 2+GB files and that means EXT4/NTFS for USB Drives...it was a disaster..we finally had to go out and buy a USB HD that we were able to use...it took over 2+hrs of the Class time on Sunday to pass the drive around with 30 students...
its not needed by everyone but in our case it would have helped (along with wired network...) we could have used a switch and had them come up 5 at a time had we had a server that we could have dumped those things on.
T
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch < ilan@socallinuxexpo.org> wrote:
We have historically offered local mirrors of popular distros on network, and played tricks with DNS to ensure they were downloaded via us.
Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 <(877)%20831-2569> Voice 818-442-1865 <(818)%20442-1865> Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:
- SeaGL - Nov 11-12, 2016
- SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 6:53 AM, der.hans < Verteiler+SCaLE-planning@lufthans.com> wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
ciao,
der.hans
# http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then # you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and # I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have # two ideas. -- George Bernard Shaw _______________________________________________ Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
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Scale-planning mailing list Scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-planning
For future reference, a great work around for your filesystem pain is to just write a tar or cpio file to raw disk. You treat it like it is a tape drive.
No question that a network can be more convenient, but it tends to be less foolproof. Transferring files to 30 machines puts 30x the strain on the network, particularly with wifi, unless you use a multicast protocol like UFTP (which adds complexity). So, for things like SCALE, I would recommend planning for the scenario where the network isn't there; treat it like a bonus if it does.
--Chris
On Mar 7, 2017 10:56 AM, "Tom King" ka6sox@gmail.com wrote:
we had 2+GB files and that means EXT4/NTFS for USB Drives...it was a disaster..we finally had to go out and buy a USB HD that we were able to use...it took over 2+hrs of the Class time on Sunday to pass the drive around with 30 students...
its not needed by everyone but in our case it would have helped (along with wired network...) we could have used a switch and had them come up 5 at a time had we had a server that we could have dumped those things on.
T
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan@socallinuxexpo.org
wrote:
We have historically offered local mirrors of popular distros on network, and played tricks with DNS to ensure they were downloaded via us.
Ilan
Ilan Rabinovitch Conference Chair Southern California Linux Expo 877-831-2569 x110 <(877)%20831-2569> Voice 818-442-1865 <(818)%20442-1865> Mobile ilan@linuxfests.org Email
Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's upcoming events:
- SeaGL - Nov 11-12, 2016
- SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 6:53 AM, der.hans <Verteiler+SCaLE-planning@luft hans.com> wrote:
moin moin,
do we normally have an onsite data store that could hold materials for talks and workshops?
This is more about discovering if we have something I don't know about ( like the schedule xml export[0] ) than a request for service.
The legal track sent out significant homework for the lawyers. They needed to read ahead of time, so didn't really need a local cache, but it got me thinking others might.
I also overheard some people discussing pulling down ISOs for a couple of workshops.
[0] I think I had been told about the xml option before, but forgotten about it.
ciao,
der.hans
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Christopher Smith wrote:
No question that a network can be more convenient, but it tends to be less foolproof. Transferring files to 30 machines puts 30x the strain on the network, particularly with wifi, unless you use a multicast protocol like UFTP (which adds complexity).
multicast and wifi (especially encrypted wifi) don't mix well.
if you are going to need something like this, wired networks can work (although many laptops require a dongle that people will forget to have with them) so USB HD/DVD drive would be needed as well.
Historically we have wired up one room for wired network to every desk.
David Lang
So, for things like SCALE, I would recommend planning for the scenario where the network isn't there; treat it like a bonus if it does.
--Chris
On Mar 7, 2017 10:56 AM, "Tom King" ka6sox@gmail.com wrote:
we had 2+GB files and that means EXT4/NTFS for USB Drives...it was a disaster..we finally had to go out and buy a USB HD that we were able to use...it took over 2+hrs of the Class time on Sunday to pass the drive around with 30 students...
its not needed by everyone but in our case it would have helped (along with wired network...) we could have used a switch and had them come up 5 at a time had we had a server that we could have dumped those things on.
T
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