Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-18 Thread Josh Luthman
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Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-18 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 4/18/17 4:40 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: People still use tape? I haven't seen a tape in many years. I have an LTO autoloader of tapes and a NAS for backups. Both are at different locations. The tapes are effectively a backup of the backups. ~Seth

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-18 Thread Mike Hammett
om Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 11:28:16 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer careful. UP is listening. On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 11:22 AM Chuck McCown < ch...@wbmfg.com > wrote: No, what would it be if you had continuous railcar transport??? We could eliminate all the fiber wit

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-18 Thread Mike Hammett
quot; <af@afmug.com> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 11:15:38 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer Chicago to LA is 30 hours by truck. Typical 53 foot trailer is 3816 cubic feet. A LTO-7 tape can hold 6TB The volume of a LTO-7 tape is just under 0.01 cubic foot (0.00839973) We'

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Bill Prince
Excellent way to illustrate the difference between bandwidth and latency. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 4/17/2017 10:21 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Very high res... *From:* Mathew Howard *Sent:* Monday, April 17, 2017 11:20 AM *To:* af *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer I like i

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Chuck McCown
Very high res... From: Mathew Howard Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 11:20 AM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer I like it, you may be on to something. So we basically just need to convince the gamers to become good old fashioned bums that ride around on freight trains all day

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2017-04-17 Thread Mathew Howard
hysically fight. Much more > realistic and very low latency. > > *From:* Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Monday, April 17, 2017 11:06 AM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer > > The gamers won't like the latency at all... > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 11:40 A

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Josh Reynolds
:) - Josh On Apr 17, 2017 11:15 AM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Chicago to LA is 30 hours by truck. > > Typical 53 foot trailer is 3816 cubic feet. > > A LTO-7 tape can hold 6TB > The volume of a LTO-7 tape is just under 0.01 cubic foot (0.00839973) >

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Robert Andrews
*To:* af *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer Well, assuming that the rail was moving at a similar speed to the trucks - say 60MPH, And the rail cars were ~60 feet in length, and had the same volume as the 53 foot truck. 60MPH = 316,800 FPH / 60 Feet = 5280 Railcars per hour, 88 railcars per

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Chuck McCown
Gamers have to actually get in a RR car and physically fight. Much more realistic and very low latency. From: Mathew Howard Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 11:06 AM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer The gamers won't like the latency at all... On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 11:40 AM

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Mathew Howard
train... > > > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> No, what would it be if you had continuous railcar transport??? We could >> eliminate all the fiber with railroads! >> >> *From:* Forrest Christian (List

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Chuck McCown
Time to invest in RR stock. Screw fiber. From: Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 10:33 AM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer Well, assuming that the rail was moving at a similar speed to the trucks - say 60MPH, And the rail cars were ~60 feet

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
wrote: > No, what would it be if you had continuous railcar transport??? We could > eliminate all the fiber with railroads! > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Monday, April 17, 2017 10:15 AM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer > > C

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Lewis Bergman
ay, April 17, 2017 10:15 AM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer > Chicago to LA is 30 hours by truck. > > Typical 53 foot trailer is 3816 cubic feet. > > A LTO-7 tape can hold 6TB > The volume of a LTO-7 tape is just under 0.01 cubic foot (0.00839973...

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Chuck McCown
No, what would it be if you had continuous railcar transport??? We could eliminate all the fiber with railroads! From: Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 10:15 AM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer Chicago to LA is 30 hours by truck. Typical 53 foot

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2017-04-17 Thread Rory Conaway
: Monday, April 17, 2017 9:16 AM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer Chicago to LA is 30 hours by truck. Typical 53 foot trailer is 3816 cubic feet. A LTO-7 tape can hold 6TB The volume of a LTO-7 tape is just under 0.01 cubic foot (0.00839973) We'll use 0.01 cubic foot. A 53 foot

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Chicago to LA is 30 hours by truck. Typical 53 foot trailer is 3816 cubic feet. A LTO-7 tape can hold 6TB The volume of a LTO-7 tape is just under 0.01 cubic foot (0.00839973) We'll use 0.01 cubic foot. A 53 foot trailer packed completely full can hold 381600 Tapes X 6TB = 2,289,600TB, or

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Robert Andrews
I can't remember which but there was a nanog presentation a few years ago about max bandwidth and the top of the chart was still listed as a 747 cargo full of optical media.. Now as far as getting that data on and off the media On 04/17/2017 07:36 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account)

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Oh, a couple of things I meant to add but forgot: Other shippable media is an option as well I thankfully haven't had to deal with tapes recently, but it looks like single tapes will hold around 6TB. The advantage of tapes is you have a copy of the data if something happens to your storage

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
For the seed you need to understand this quote: "*Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway*." —Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (1989). Computer Networks. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. p. 57. ISBN 0-13-166836-6. I'd highly recommend you think about how to

Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Josh Reynolds
I'll tell you what other companies do here, and you might be surprised. Tapes and FedEx. Shock resistant, and a pallet of tapes doesn't clog your wan. It scales pretty darn well. I am currently a SME contractor for a large federal agency that does this, and private industry does this as well. -

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2017-04-17 Thread Zach Underwood
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Re: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Mike Hammett
: "Zach Underwood" <zunder1...@gmail.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 9:04:54 AM Subject: [AFMUG] bulk data transfer I work for a medical data company and we have a possible project where will be getting data from a human genome company. What would be a

[AFMUG] bulk data transfer

2017-04-17 Thread Zach Underwood
I work for a medical data company and we have a possible project where will be getting data from a human genome company. What would be a option for move the data between our datacenter and there datacenter? We are in the southeast and they are in the midwest. The data amount would be a seed of 5pb