Researchers have
set a new world record for data transfer, helping to usher in the next
generation of high-speed network technology. At the SuperComputing 2011 (SC11)
conference in Seattle
during mid-November, the international team transferred data in opposite
directions at a combined rate of 186 Gbps in a wide-area network circuit. The
rate is equivalent to moving two million gigabytes per day, fast enough to
transfer nearly 100,000 full Blu-ray disks—each with a complete movie and all
the extras—in a day.
The team of
high-energy physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers was led by
the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Victoria,
the University of Michigan, the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN),
Florida International University, and other partners.
According to the
researchers, the achievement will help establish new ways to transport the
increasingly large quantities of data that traverse continents and oceans via
global networks of optical fibers. These new methods are needed for the next
generation of network technology—which allows transfer rates of 40 and 100
Gbps—that will be built in the next couple of years.
"Our group
and its partners are showing how massive amounts of data will be handled and
transported in the future," says Harvey Newman, professor of physics and
head of the high-energy physics (HEP) team. "Having these tools in our
hands allows us to engage in realizable visions others do not have. We can see
a clear path to a future others cannot yet imagine with any confidence."
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