-=> The Natural Philosopher wrote to druck <=-

 >>> Quite a few devices on my network run at gigabit speeds, as does the
 >>> RPi-4B.
 >>
 >> yes, but do they in fact NEED to?
 >>
 >> My router and my desktop both have gigabit capabiliy but really, what
 >> IS the point when internet is only 7Mbps?
 >
 > The internet isn't everything! Do you never transfer files between
 > machines within your network?

 TNP> Almost never. I make sure they are created on and stay on the
 TNP> server. Thats the whole point of having it

 TNP>   Never copy files from a NAS?

 TNP> Nope. Why? See above. I dont have a 'NAS' I have a server which
 TNP> does almost everything except run the user level GUI.

 TNP> ALL the data is on the server. If I need to shove it on  a USB
 TNP> disk for travelling, that plugs into the server. No network
 TNP> needed.


 TNP>   Never do
 > backups to another machine?

 TNP> Nope. The machine backs up to itself.

 TNP> You see my client machines have little more than an operating
 TNP> system, on them. There is NOTHING TO BACK UP.

 TNP> All the moving data is on the server and that backs itself up
 TNP> every night

 TNP> I have code on machines out there on the internet, and that gets
 TNP> backed up daily, but thanks to the magic or rsync,. , there isn't
 TNP> a lot to back up.

Not everyone is as jaded, primitive, and behind the times as you.

Might be hard for you to believe, but it isn't 1995 any more.

You'd be surprised at how much things have improved.


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