BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months agoJapan achieves staggering 402 Tb/s data rate with commercial optical fiber — record-breaking performance tapped into unused wavelength bandswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up179file-text
arrow-up179external-linkJapan achieves staggering 402 Tb/s data rate with commercial optical fiber — record-breaking performance tapped into unused wavelength bandswww.tomshardware.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
New record shows potential high data throughput with no upgrade for current fiber optic infrastructure
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoWhen you need to download every show on Netflix, but don’t have much time
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-23 months ago3.14 petabytes in the whole Netflix catalog x 1000 converts to TB / 402 TB per second = 7.81 seconds EDIT oh this is Tb, not TB, so x 8 to convert bit to Byte = 62.5 seconds
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoNow find a disk that can keep up with those write speeds.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoYou would use a large cluster of servers all stuffed full of enterprise grade SSDs if you need that kind of write speed.
When you need to download every show on Netflix, but don’t have much time
3.14 petabytes in the whole Netflix catalog
x 1000 converts to TB
/ 402 TB per second
= 7.81 seconds
EDIT oh this is Tb, not TB, so
x 8 to convert bit to Byte
= 62.5 seconds
Now find a disk that can keep up with those write speeds.
You would use a large cluster of servers all stuffed full of enterprise grade SSDs if you need that kind of write speed.