10 Gbps data transfer between China and USA
BGI, the second most important genetic research organization in the world, recently announced the transfer of a large amount of genetic research data at a rate of almost 10 Gbit / s. Data transfer was carried out between Chinese and American research centers and educational organizations. This bandwidth allows you to transfer per day the amount of data equal to the amount of data on the 5400 Blue-ray discs.
The data transfer was timed to the discovery of a high-speed network to a theoretical bandwidth of 10 Gbit / s. The network was created with the support of the Internet2 research organization network, the China Science Education Network (CERNET), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and Indiana University. Three organizations took part in the demonstration of the work of the network: BGI, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), and the University of California. Company Aspera Inc. provided software to support high speed data transfer.
BGI led the exchange with data between three research organizations of global importance engaged in genetic research. For example, BGI transmitted 24 GB of genetic research data between Beijing and the University of California in just 30 seconds. A couple of days earlier, the same amount of data was transmitted over normal networks (in the same direction) in about 26 hours.
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According to one of the participants in the experiment, the speed of 10 Gbit exceeds even the read / write speed of many models of hard drives. So far, the developers and participants in the experiment are going to use the network for their own purposes, to exchange genetic data with research organizations around the world. But it is clear that this kind of network can be used for other purposes. Anyway, the achievement is really interesting.
Via phys.org
The data transfer was timed to the discovery of a high-speed network to a theoretical bandwidth of 10 Gbit / s. The network was created with the support of the Internet2 research organization network, the China Science Education Network (CERNET), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and Indiana University. Three organizations took part in the demonstration of the work of the network: BGI, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), and the University of California. Company Aspera Inc. provided software to support high speed data transfer.
BGI led the exchange with data between three research organizations of global importance engaged in genetic research. For example, BGI transmitted 24 GB of genetic research data between Beijing and the University of California in just 30 seconds. A couple of days earlier, the same amount of data was transmitted over normal networks (in the same direction) in about 26 hours.
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According to one of the participants in the experiment, the speed of 10 Gbit exceeds even the read / write speed of many models of hard drives. So far, the developers and participants in the experiment are going to use the network for their own purposes, to exchange genetic data with research organizations around the world. But it is clear that this kind of network can be used for other purposes. Anyway, the achievement is really interesting.
Via phys.org
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/146840/
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