First 500 Terabytes Transmitted via LHCGlobal Grid 244
neutron_p writes "When the LHC Computer Grid starts operating in 2007, it will be the most data-intensive physics instrument on the planet. Today eight major computing centers successfully completed a challenge to sustain a continuous data flow of 600 megabytes per second on average for 10 days from CERN in Geneva, Switzerland to seven sites in Europe and the US. The total amount of data transmitted during this challenge -- 500 terabytes -- would take about 250 years to download using a typical 512 kilobit per second household broadband connection."
But will.... (Score:5, Funny)
That's all nice, but (Score:5, Funny)
Library of Congresses? (Score:3, Funny)
On a side note, I tried to find out what the real data size of the LOC is, but I could not.
This pales in comparison to... (Score:5, Funny)
Of course, the latency for this gargantuan data pipeline is a bit on the high side...
Hey Blizzard (Score:0, Funny)
42 (Score:5, Funny)
Cost (Score:5, Funny)
At last! (Score:5, Funny)
Where is the torrent ? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This pales in comparison to... (Score:5, Funny)
RIAA (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Library of Congresses? (Score:1, Funny)
I have it for you the Size of the Library of Congress (LOC) = 1 LOC. You'll have to google for a conversion table.
Re:Library of Congresses? (Score:2, Funny)
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:asL7GGh_Js
640 MB/sec (Score:5, Funny)
"640MB/sec ought to be enough for anybody." --Me,
Ha... (Score:3, Funny)
Well, I've got a 3 megabit connection! It'd only take...uh...well, 42 years or so...but I'd upgrade to that 1 gigabit connection they have in Asia before it finished...
What was Really Transmitted.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Cost (Score:5, Funny)
Standard terms (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This pales in comparison to... (Score:4, Funny)
Me too, but it's the frame rates that are killing me (and getting me killed).
Re:This pales in comparison to... (Score:1, Funny)
Stop moaning, you have a better frame rate than must of have on Doom3!
Problem is... (Score:1, Funny)
Or not in which case we've got a nifty new thing in the toolbox for science on planet Earth.
Could go either way.
Re:That's all nice, but (Score:4, Funny)
<SARCASM>
After all, the only content that goes over networks like this is obviously RIAA pap^Wvcontent, and 600MB/s is a full CD every second!
</SARCASM>
MPAA & RIAA (Score:5, Funny)
The lawsuit is expected to destroy CERN and any sort of decent networking research anybody was even thinking about doing for the next 50 year.
Re:rr (Score:5, Funny)
It's the answer! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Great! (Score:5, Funny)
Only on
Dark Fibre (Score:3, Funny)
The Metamucil of choice by all Lord Siths
Somewhere on Naboo.. (Score:5, Funny)
sri
250 Years? Bah... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:250 Years? Bah... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, and if you factor leap years into your calculation, the number is 247.56318604710117372677263163232
That's easy. (Score:3, Funny)
and now for something completely different.... (Score:3, Funny)