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I couldn't help thinking BIGGEST RSYNC EVER. And, what is the bandwidth of a 747-8 full of 4TB disk? (140,000kg/0.6kg = 233,333 disks, downrate to 200,000 for p
by angry_octet 12y ago
I couldn't help thinking BIGGEST RSYNC EVER. And, what is the bandwidth of a 747-8 full of 4TB disk? (140,000kg/0.6kg = 233,333 disks, downrate to 200,000 for packaging, 800,000TB. Approx flight time 10h SFO-DUB, load/unload, say 15h; 86400s. ~9TB/s. So pretty fast.
- angry_octet 12y agoCome on, a down vote for trying to bring the conversation back to something technically interesting instead of angst about NSA snooping and tax avoidance? For shame, you should have your geek badge confiscated.
- lwf 12y agoWell, you'd also need to buy extra disks for all that; you wouldn't send your only copy on a plane, right? And then, oh doing integrity checking at the other end would suck.