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		edward on May 26, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Backing Up of the Internet Archive Continues The link into 300 Funston Ave is 10Gbit. There is no shortage of bandwidth.

textfiles on May 26, 2015 [–]

Your intel is old, edward ;) they're past 40Gbit now.

userbinator on May 27, 2015 | [–]

Even saturating a 40Gbit link at 5GB/s would require nearly 50 days to transfer 20PB.

Realistically, I'd estimate mirroring the IA to take years... providing you can keep up with its own growth.

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