First 500 Terabytes Transmitted via LHCGlobal Grid

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."

LoC

[Anonymous Coward]

Its 50 libraries of congress.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=500+terab ytes+to+%22libraries+of+congress%22 [google.com]

Re:Library of Congresses?

[repvik]

Apparently, the LoC has shrunk. It now consists of the following lines:

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If the problem persists, please mail [e-mail] and mention this error message and the query that caused it.

Of course, that's because of /.'s lame space-in-url-idiocy. Anyways, the LoC is actually approx. 20TB.