Thanks! Oh, heck, I forgot to compute the maximum bandwidth. The bandwidth is linear with distance so I'll arbitrarily pick the two ends of I-90 / I-94 in Montana (Sohon and Wibaux).
Google maps says that if you stay on the interstate, that's 10 h 8 min (608 minutes or 63,480 seconds). So 6,806,392 TB / 63,480 seconds = 107.2 TB / s = 878,354 Gbps (note bits not bytes). But then you have to put up with 20+ hour ping times... On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 4:59 PM Jim Brain via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/24/2024 5:47 PM, Joseph S. Barrera III via cctalk wrote: > > > > Nowadays, of course, it would be a Chevrolet Suburban full of 1 TB > > micro-SDXC cards. > > > > Micro-SD volume[1]: 21.5 mm × 20 mm × 1.4 mm = 0.000602 liters > > Suburban cargo volume[2]: 144.7 cu ft = 4097.4477 liters > > # TB = # cards = 4097.4477 / 0.000602 = 6,806,392 TB = 6.5 EB > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_card#Physical_size > > [2] https://www.chevrolet.com/suvs/suburban > > > <chuckle/> > > Thanks not only for the analogy update, but kudos for actually doing the > math. > > > tips hat > > Jim > >
