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I started calculating the bandwidth for a continuous stream of carrier pigeons carrying 256GB flash drives, at different frequencies. But the latency and loss
by ElFitz 2y ago
I started calculating the bandwidth for a continuous stream of carrier pigeons carrying 256GB flash drives, at different frequencies.
But the latency and loss rate would make it all worthless.
- Rinzler89 2y agoLatency definitely, but imagine pigeons carrying 8TB M.2 PCIe Gen-5 sticks strapped to their backs. That's some crazy throughput rivaling most domestic internet connections.
- makr17 2y agoNever underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/9of84w/never_underestimate_the_bandwidth_of_a_station/ https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/9of84w/ne... Rings true for me. In my younger days I was "privileged" to catch an early morning flight to San Jose with a stack of tapes that I then drove to Palo Alto. All because a RAID array had gone kaput and tapes in a carry-on provided better bandwidth than the upstream from the office where our backups were.