Bruce, first, thanks for bringing that piece of news to the board. Srexley's fired. You got the job from now on.
But I believe those were megabytes the article cited, not megabits as is the usual measure when characterizing such tests.
The normal convention used to characterize carrier transmission gear is normally Megabits per second. Therefore, a multiplier of eight (8 bits per byte) must be used to derive bit rate in Mb/s.
The total Mb/s thruput, therefore, assuming a minimum of a 10% frame wrapper (and other line protocol overhead) around the data would equate to approximately:
411 MBytes * 8 bits/byte * 1.1 (overhead) = 3.617 Gbits total bits sent
3.617 Gbits total bits sent divided by 8.21 seconds = ~ 440 Mb/s line rate
Without counting any overhead, it becomes ~ 400 Mb/s line rate
Dr. AHhaha will check the above math, I'm sure.
Someone had better speak with SR so they don't sell themselves short on perceptions in the future. Also, a campus area network is called a CAN, not a Campus wide (WAN) network. It seems they can use a consultant.
ps - Scott, only kidding. |
