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To: Sector Investor who wrote (497)	8/21/1999 12:25:00 PM
From: Sector Investor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 626

Oops. The 15 minute window closed. Before anyone responds, make that 10 minutes for one way transmission of a 300GB file, as it is 4Gbps each way. 300 GB is absolutely huge, so 10 minutes is not bad at all. A multi tape cartridge claim file that I worked with for a former client, a large insurance company, had 34 million claim records of 700 bytes. It took hours to process on a large IBM mainframe. But that is only 24 GB, which the MRVC equipment could transmit in only 48 seconds.

To: Sector Investor who wrote (497)	8/21/1999 4:14:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 626

Sector Investor, I should make it a point to read the entire thread before replying. Thanks for making my point with specifics. Also, as you note, I/Os are a limiting factor, which is a point that was also made by Matt indirectly, earlier upstream, when he disclosed that a mere OC-12 port was furnished by the SGI workstation. That, in itself, defined the total allowable throughput of 622 megabits per second, inclusive of all forms of overhead, irrespective of SR's true upper limits or potentials. Regards, Frank Coluccio