BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 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 · 5 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
New record shows potential high data throughput with no upgrade for current fiber optic infrastructure
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-25 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-up7·5 months agoNow find a disk that can keep up with those write speeds.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoYou would use a large cluster of servers all stuffed full of enterprise grade SSDs if you need that kind of write speed.
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.