Burning multiple CD-Rs simultaneously...

[spartacus321]

I've read a few articles about burning multiple cd's at the same time, such as having about 3 or more of the same model burners in a system, all making simultaneous copies of the same data.

Has anyone experimented with such a setup, and would it be any faster if I were to use say 3 burners in external USB enclosures as opposed to having it hooked up via the IDE bus?

 

[keeleysam]

hook them up with IDE and use Nero.

 

[Zepper]

There is someone that makes a card to handle multiple burners at a time - there was a thread on it here. Worth your while to search for those threads (I think I remember another in the Tech Support or Gen Hdwr sections). If you try to do it with standard controllers, you will want each optical drive to have its own channel and the HD that holds the source data should also be on its own channel. Too bad they don't make many SCSI optical drives any more - that could make things simple. I think Plextor still makes one but it ain't cheap...

,bh,

 

[spartacus321]

Thanks for the replies.

I was thinking to probably get a PCI IDE controller card so i'd have 4 controllers in all, 2 on the mobo and 2 more on the card, so the hard drive and 3 burners would each have its own channel.

As mentioned SCSI would be the best bet but prices sure drown that idea out.

Thanks for the help.

 

[HDTVMan]

I burn both a DVD and CDR at the same time with 2 burners. Hard drive in my machine is fast enough to keep up with the Burners and buffer underun protection protects them from coasters. Doesnt seem to need it though.

 

[HDTVMan]

Im just using the IDE on the mobo. No fancy setup. 2 instances of Nero running.