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First 500 Terabytes Transmitted via LHCGlobal Grid

Posted by timothy on from the yeah-but-most-of-it-was-zeroes dept.

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."

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  1. That's all nice, but by KinkifyTheNation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can it handle a slashdotting?

  2. This pales in comparison to... by prisoner-of-enigma · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a box full of DLT, LTO, or AIT tapes. With FedEx at my side, I can have several hundred terabytes sent almost anywhere on the planet in 24 hours.

    Of course, the latency for this gargantuan data pipeline is a bit on the high side...

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    1. Re:This pales in comparison to... by dave-tx · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm playing Quake III via FedEx, but the prices are killing me.

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  3. Cost by aerozeppl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats great and all but none of us will be on anything like that for years. If Time Warner had that here they would charge one child a month. You would need 12 wives just to cover your internet bill.

  4. At last! by ArAgost · · Score: 5, Funny

    The perfect solution to connect my beowulf clusters!

  5. RIAA by rdurell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only 10 days? I guess the RIAA sent cease and desist letters.

  6. 640 MB/sec by scovetta · · Score: 5, Funny

    "640K ought to be enough for anybody." --Bill Gates, 1981

    "640MB/sec ought to be enough for anybody." --Me, /., 2005

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  7. MPAA & RIAA by killtherat · · Score: 5, Funny

    On a related note, CERN is now being sued by the MPAA & RIAA. A spokesmen was commented, saying, "Obviously with 500 terabytes of data being transmitted on the internet, at least some of it had to be copyrighted materials represented by the RIAA and the MPAA. As we know, the internet and communication grids serve no real purpose other then to pirate movies and music."
    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.

  8. Re:rr by morcheeba · · Score: 5, Funny

    Keep in mind that was 500 TB in a *metric week* -- 10 days. Those crazy physicists!

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  9. Re:Great! by dlZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we don't have to wait around for our porn!

    Only on /. is this insightful and not funny!

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