CERN BOFH needs a bigger storage array

[The_Unbeliever]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/cern_netevents/

The detectors have millions of output channels, generating data at around one million Gigabytes a second. That's way beyond the capability of existing technology to capture and store, so systems have been put in place to filter this data down into more manageable chunks. In practice, data acquisition occurs at around 100MB per second.

Let's overload Telkom's network!

 

[Tux]

capped in 30 seconds...

 

[ToxicBunny]

Ahhh, but you're forgetting the CRC checking and dodgy accounting of Telscum....

I give it 20seconds until being capped....

 

[Tux]

Ahhh, but you're forgetting the CRC checking and dodgy accounting of Telscum....

I give it 20seconds until being capped....

you're banking on a stable transfer rate...
Have to take that into account as well

So you get 30ish seconds...

 

[ToxicBunny]

Ahhh yes true... with Telscum nothing would be stable..

Hell I reckon after "abusing" the line like that for 5 seconds some piece of software would flip the switch and the line would mysteriously fail for the remaining 30 days of the month....