[aklug] Re: Amazon is slashing prices

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Shane Spencer <shane@bogomip.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv> wro=
te:
>> Well, maybe you need to pick up an OC12 wile your at it. Can I get a pri=
ce check on OC12's? Gotta upload 5 petabytes Next week... ;)
>
> For what its worth:
>
> =A0((600 * megabit) / second) * (1 * day) =3D 51.84 terabits
>
> =A0(5 * petabyte) / (51.84 * terabit) =3D approx. 771.60494
>
> OC-12 would transfer 5 petabytes in approximately 771.60494 days if
> allowed 0 downtime and full speed between locations.

Also, when you find a storage array that lets me store 600
megabit/second to a petabyte. I'd like to know. I imagine this would
take something like glusterfs distributed against around 20 or so 50
terabyte storage nodes. You'd only need around 10 if you can squeeze
100 terabytes into a box easily.

- Shane
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Received on Fri Dec 11 15:56:00 2009