masterteague3's comments

On: 25 Gbit/s at home, part 1

[masterteague3]

To convert MB/s to gb/s (MegaBytes per second to Gigabits per second) simply multiply by 8 (8 bits per byte). So 280MB/s is 2.24gbps (moving the decimal place).

[thcthc → masterteague3]

There is another variable as well. Most network equipment I've worked with reported throughput with incorrectly labeled kibi/mibi/gibi, and the ISP uses kilo/mega/giga.

The former system is multiples of 1024, the latter the mathematical and legal definition of x1000

The X10 rule of thumb is probably pretty spot on at the end

[zamadatix → thcthc]

What godforsaken gear reports in binary prefixes? That's just... horrendous.

[_gabe_ → masterteague3]

> but I always multiply transfers times 10 to estimate bandwidth, since there is some overhead in the TCP/IP protocol

[woooooo → _gabe_]

20%ish seems high though, especially for file transfers which are probably almost all full packets near 1500 MTU cross WAN.

On: Coinbase stock lost over 75% value

[masterteague3]

Google's fairly recently acquired Snowflake is their answer to MongoDB in the cloud.

[gqewogpdqa → masterteague3]

Google didn't acquire Snowflake - unless you know something the rest of the world doesn't ;-) But if they did, how would it be "an answer to MongoDB"? i.e. MongoDB Atlas. AFAIK, MongoDB is focused mostly on the operational database market, not the offline analytics market. Would love to understand that part - thanks!

[redwood → masterteague3]

Huh?