Michael
check this out:
http://www.editshare.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=134&Item...
also
the Pana card reader isnt smart enough to talk to a drive by itself. you need software to move the media off the cards and onto storage drives. ie, you have to connect the card reader to one of the 2 notebooks:
one more thing
Bob Zelin posted hear about constructing a cheap 2 system shared storage array using Gigabit ethernet. He is a respected editing and hardware guy, and he posted it less than a month ago
BTW
you sure you want to be doin all this? it can get kinda hairy, and it sounds like you are kinda new to this. Dont let me discourage you, but sometimes its better to delegate stuff that you are not comforatble with, espacially if its in a mission critical application.
hope this helps
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Greer & Associates, Inc.
