Re: The Real Y2K Threat to Compaq

[mea culpa <jericho () DIMENSIONAL COM>]

Reply From: GS Blyth <gblyth () synapse net>

 Some strain!

  "500,000 messages and 4,000 terabytes of data-all within 36 hours".
Hey...I might have counted the same finger twice in my quick guestimate, but
4,000 terabytes of data would be roughly 8 gigabytes per each one of those
500,000 messages.  At 1.5 megabits/sec, each one of these 500,000 messages
would have taken over 13 hours of dedicated connect time.  Must be some
corporate network!    4,000 terabytes is quite a pile - of bytes that is.


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sr VP, IM & CIO - Bob Napier
> >
> > About three weeks ago, a Compaq employee intentionally initiated an e-mail
> > storm that generated more than 500,000 messages and 4,000 terabytes of
> > data-all within 36 hours.  This e-mail hoax put a severe strain on our
> > corporate e-mail network, delaying the delivery of internal and external
> > e-mail by up to six hours and threatening our ability to continue normal
> > business operations.  Our IM and Security teams worked hundreds of hours
> > in an intensive effort to deflect this threat.

Cheerios

Gerry Blyth
Constance Bay, Ontario
K0A 3M0
Canada

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