From: Chris Gregors (Chris.Gregors@TELUS.COM)
Date: Fri May 23 2003 - 14:25:09 EDT
Bandwidth is independant of user-time.
I also ran the calc for a 2-cube box from NewYork to Sydney
1 8mm tape = 9.6sq inches (approx).
1 2cube box = 13824sq inches
1 box will hold 1440 tapes @ 8Gb each = 11.52Tb data
UPS quotes 8 day door-to-door delivery (NewYork - Sydney) for $231.08
8 days = 691,200 seconds.
11.52Tb / 691,200sec = 16.67Kb/sec
Option 1:
Send 10 boxes and you get the equivalent of an ADSL bandwidth.
Cost = $2310.80 USD
Option 2:
Use dlt tapes @ 70Gb / tape = 69Kb/sec
Send 3 boxes for ADSL bandwidth
Cost = $693 USD
Bottom line for the original question:
Cut a few tar tapes, put them in a UPS express envelope, ship the suckers.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Jolet [mailto:john.jolet@FXFN.COM]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 12:03 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: transferring data from one location to another
yeah, but your bitrate sucks (bandwidth over time)....sure, you can send 4 terabytes, but it takes two weeks to get there. :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Gregors [mailto:Chris.Gregors@TELUS.COM]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 12:47 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: transferring data from one location to another
ok, substitute "station wagon" for "cargo container" and put it on a plane or a ship.
Then do the math. The numbers you get boggle the mind (in terms of bandwidth)!
-----Original Message-----
From: John Jolet [mailto:john.jolet@FXFN.COM]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 11:33 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: transferring data from one location to another
dude, if you can drive a chevy station wagon from the us to australia, patent the technique.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Gregors [mailto:Chris.Gregors@TELUS.COM]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 12:21 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: transferring data from one location to another
Old unix-sysadm maxim:
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a 56 Chevy station wagon travelling down the highway at 60 mph loaded with 8mm tapes.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Jolet [mailto:john.jolet@FXFN.COM]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 8:41 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: transferring data from one location to another
how much bandwidth between the sites? is it in encrypted link? does the data need to be secure in transit?
-----Original Message-----
From: Shekhar Dhotre [mailto:Shekhar.Dhotre@LENDLEASEREI.COM]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 9:14 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: transferring data from one location to another
Guys,
I need to transfer/restore approximately 75-100gig of data residing on a couple SP nodes here (US) to an AIX server in Australia. This is required in order to refresh a Sydney development environment w/ a copy from our production corporate Financials
environment. This will include application code (many small files) as well as 50+gig of database files. We have TSM server running @ both the locations. Could you guys please discuss options(TSM ,non TSM ) around this and give me your recommendation on the best method to handle this.
Thanks,
Shekhar Dhotre
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