bugtraq - Re: [PAPER] Juggling with packets: floating data storage

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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 22:13:14 +0200
From: Eugen Leitl <eugen@...tl.org>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Cc: nweaver@...berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [PAPER] Juggling with packets: floating data storage

On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 12:03:20PM -0700, Nicholas Weaver wrote:
> 
> There is a hypothetical Gb optical network link between here and the
> moon, used for storage.

There's a considerable mileage of GBit/s (3 bit/m) fiber present, with
10 GBit/s (30 bit/m) consumer-grade networking in the pipeline, and ~TBit/s
(3 kBit/m) data rates feasible.  

> So who cares?  Why juggle when shelves hold so much more?

Fiber is perfect FIFO for packets in photonically switched networks.
That way you avoid costly photon-electron-photon conversion, and
can even achieve relativistic cut-through routing/switching with
proper header layout.

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