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Sometimes you have to move 15TB about and then nothing is fast enough. At 5GB/s, that would take nearly an hour and 5GB/s would be the fastest part of the trip
by forinti 4y ago
Sometimes you have to move 15TB about and then nothing is fast enough.
At 5GB/s, that would take nearly an hour and 5GB/s would be the fastest part of the trip. If it has to land on tape or travel through the net, it's going to take days.
- jgalt212 4y agosneakernet will always be with us.
- LeonM 4y ago"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of magnetic tapes hurtling down the highway" - Andrew S. Tannenbaum But you are right, writing to and reading from tape will take a long time. Modern tape drives can do ~500MB/s, so 15TB will still take ~9 hours. Though that may still be faster than a 1 gbit internet connection (depending on how far you must drive).