Load it onto the hard drive. One option I used a few years ago was
pre-caching: load the indexing on the hard drive and keep the data on the
CD tower. However, hard drive for the lot will be better.
Mike Roddham
Chichester Health Libraries
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> From: Goldberg Library <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Networking OVID
> Date: 14 October 1998 18:22
>
> OVID now say they do not recommend using a CD Serve for networking,and
> they will NOT support this option. So, come on all you who ARE
> accessing/providing OVID over a network - how do you do it??
>
> Do we:
> 1) Have to run the whole lot via a multistorey CD tower?
> 2) Load the CDs onto a hard drive?
> 3) Have to bite the bullet and use the user-unfriendly SilverPlatter
> interface instead?
>
> Please DON'T suggest using the Internet/intranet/NHSNet!!! We'd love to=
,
> if we had access to it, if we could afford it, and if our users had
> access to it. Maybe one day.....!
>
> We're currently running Medline and CINAHL in OVID, on a Windows NT
> network, using CD Serve for loading the CD-ROMs.
>
> Your experience would be appreciated, before I collapse under the
> strain!
>
> Thanks, Jim
>
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> Goldberg Library
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