Re: Grid

Hi!

It's still quite hard to believe, that it could be anywhere near cheap. Even building 10Gbit locatl Ethernet is currently expensive. You would need 16*655Mb ATM connections for that to do over long range...

Tanel.

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> no not over the atlantic. its from DC to Boston.
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>
> > 10GB over Atlantic?
> >
> > This does cost a lot. At least I assume so, why the heck am I sticking
to
> > 512kb in my home then?
> >
> > Tanel.
> >
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> >
> > > i havent seen much about internet 2. i didnt realize there was
anything
> in
> > > production yet. do you know where i can find more info on it?
> > > 2.3 GBs isnt really that much for a connect anymore. its not that
> > expensive
> > > to get 10GB connections or more.
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> > >
> > >
> > > > > We've been talking of Grid computing here since either late 1999
or
> > > early
> > > > 2000. The computing for our main experiment was designed before the
> > Grid
> > > > was contemplated. Still we have implemented some of the middleware
> > > needed,
> > > > and build methods of authentication and authorization, and
> participated
> > in
> > > > Grid experiments. We have also been pushing the ability to transfer
> > large
> > > > amounts of data. The latest effort: 2.3 GB per second between the
> local
> > > > internet hub and Geneva Switzerland over Internet 2. This is vital
to
> > > make
> > > > the Grid work.
> > > >
> > > > Yep, you'll probably have huge amounts of data coming in when CERN
> gets
> > > > their large hadron collider online in 2007 ;)
> > > > Btw, AFAIK, they're using Oracle...
> > > >
> > > > Tanel.
> > > >
> > > >
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