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Transparent IDE over IP
The WEBasDISK acts like any 100% IDE compatible hard disk drive. Contents of that drive are read on the fly from any location on the Internet or local file servers including any MS Windows workstation.
WEBasDISK can operate in two distinct modes:
image mode
The server contains a disk image that has been prepared for use with WEBasDISK. It allows total operating system independence.
file mode
The server contains any file system in the form of a recursive directory tree.
WEBasDISK uses the TCP/IP network protocol on the network connection side. It uses HTTP or SMB (CIFS) to access the files. HTTP allows WEBasDISK to read the data from any web server in the Internet. SMB allows WEBasDISK to read the files on any MS Windows workstation or server.