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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet::A decade ago, a pigeon with a 4 GB memory stick outran an ISP’s ADSL service. A 2023 rematch features a bird with 3 TB of flash drives vs gigabit internet.

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

did it count the time to load the data onto the hdd and unload it at the other side?

how much time would it take to move 3tb onto a usb3 hdd?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Idk, but depending on your use case, you can probably use the data straight from the drive without transferring it to local storage.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    In that case you could also just remotely access the usb stick through the internet without transfering all the data. In the video the guy includes the upload time from the USB stick. USB sticks can transfer data at up to 5gbit/s so it is still faster against a 1 gbit/s internet connection.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    With enough cables you could in theory transfer all of them at the same time. To max out the speed you could have each SSD be in a stack of 20 that plugs into a couple of pcie.

    I'm pretty sure you can do it in 15 minutes with a well coordinated team and a lot of smart hardware, packaging and freight loading/unloading technology.

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