On Dec 17, 2007, at 3:05 PM, Matthew J Zekauskas wrote:
On 12/17/2007 2:30 PM, Fred Baker wrote:
It is probably worth looking into the so-called "LAN Speed
Records" and
talking with those who have achieved them. An example of a news
report
Internet2 has sponsored some, and as part of the award the
contestant is
required to say exactly how they did it so the experiment can be
reproduced... the history list with pointers to contestant sites is
here:
<http://www.internet2.edu/lsr/history.html>
Operationally, the guys who worry about this sort of thing the
most are probably the astronomers, who routinely move sensor data
from radio-telescopes across the research backbones for data
reduction. In their cases, the sensors routinely generate in
excess of 1
Actually, I believe the physicists actually worry more (or at least as
much); there's lots of data to be moved around as part of the Large
Hadron Collider that is starting up at CERN.
Note that for VLBI for sure, and particle particle physics IMO,
fairly high packet loss rates could easily be
accommodated with no need for retransmission, and so there is no
reason to use TCP for these applications.
This situation cries out for some sort
of "worst than best effort" scavenger service. If anyone else feels
the same way, we should try and arrange a Bar BOF in Philadelphia.
Regards
Marshall
--Matt
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