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I have been battling this extensively
these past few weeks and wanted to toss out some ideas -
In view of the fact that our TS accounts
usually get audio that boosts the file size over the standard 1.44 mg disk
- artwork, databases and just the documents we create for pollworker
training and to post in the voter booths almost always exceed 3 mgs -
our email is currently limited to 10 mg
and during this time of year with files being sent back and forth I fill the
mailbox every 3-4 days
Our clients need CD RW drives instead of
tape backups on their servers and we in support need them on our laptops
Today for instance I needed to get 15mgs
of files from their server to a vendor to print sample ballots - I had to
put it up on the ftp site from their server sung a 33,600 modem and then pull it
down on my laptop and then split it up into chunks and email
it.
It took hours to do - slow speeds on
modems , slow downloads etc.
I could have put it on a cd ( from the
server) taken it to the county dsl line and sent it in 20 minutes
I really think this needs to be put in
our specs for new systems - the tape drive is useless unless you have one on
your system - Does anyone out there have a tape drive on their laptop? or
their desktop?
I hope you will view this as a solution
- not a problem - I think it would be invaluable - especially with the
complexity we are moving into in view of the what we are seeing
now.
Thanks for
listening
Tari Runyan
Diebold Election Systems 3799 East 121st Ave Thornton Co 80241 303-428-5011 office 303 428-5022 fax 303-520-0710 cell |