Re: File transfer speed between Hong Kong and Johannesburg, South Africa

[Joe Loiacono <jloiacon () csc com>]

The maximum you can expect is:

Rate < (MSS/RTT)*(1 / sqrt(p)) where p is the probability of packet loss.

Credit: Mathis, Semke, Mahdavi & Ott in Computer Communication Review, 27
(3), July 1997, titled The macroscopic behavior of the TCP congestion
avoidance algorithm.
( http://www.infoblox.com/community/blog/tcp-performance-and-mathis-equation )

Joe



From:   Luan Nguyen <luan20176 () gmail com>
To:     nanog () nanog org
Date:   07/11/2013 10:06 AM
Subject:        File transfer speed between Hong Kong and Johannesburg, South
            Africa



Hello folks,

Does anyone know what's the average speed for windows file transferring
(SMB2) between Hong Kong and Johannesburg?
Any guide on how to calculate/estimate this?

Thanks.

Regards,

-Luan