First 500 Terabytes Transmitted via LHCGlobal Grid

Posted by timothy on Monday April 25, 2005 @07:39AM 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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Great! by Evanisincontrol · 2005-04-25 07:41 · Score: 5, Insightful

Now we don't have to wait around for our porn!
Not sure why this is completely notable by rnxrx · 2005-04-25 08:13 · Score: 5, Insightful

600 MB/sec = 4.8 Gb/sec.
OK... they lit up the equivalent of two OC48's worth of bandwidth. That's half of an OC192 or a 10G Ethernet. There have been long haul OC192's for a number of years now. If I hook up a hardware-based traffic generator and run at 100% over an OC192 for a few weeks will I get a slashdot article, too?