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Re: [ADSM-L] Fw: Time-To-Transfer calculator

2007-12-24 07:55:39
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Fw: Time-To-Transfer calculator
From: Leandro Mazur <leandromazur AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:40:04 -0200
Very good...Congratulations !

Leandro Mazur

On Dec 21, 2007 9:12 PM, Nicholas Cassimatis <nickpc AT us.ibm DOT com> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> That's very slick - I bet that page will be bookmarked by thousands (ok,
> maybe hundreds) before the end of the week!
>
> Nick Cassimatis
>
> ----- Forwarded by Nicholas Cassimatis/Raleigh/IBM on 12/21/2007 06:11 PM
> -----
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 12/21/2007
> 01:21:59 PM:
>
> > Hey admins,
> >
> > First off, warm holiday wishes.  If you're whitting down the hours until
> > vacation, here's something to kill some time and might be useful to you
> > at some point.
> >
> > It seems like I am always asked "How long is that going to take?"
> > especially when it comes to full backups or restores.  Users don't seem
> > to realize what a multi-faceted question that can be...  For restores, I
> > need to lookup how much data is stored on the server, subtract out how
> > much has already been restored, calculate time based on its restore rate
> > (that isn't always wire speed for many reasons,) and then do the time
> > math to say, "Yes, your restore should be done by 3:30."
> >
> > I finally got the time to knock out a small javascript calculator to do
> > the heavy lifting for me.  Maybe it will be useful for you.
> >
> > My Time-To-Transfer Calculator
> > http://www-dave.cs.uiuc.edu/timer.html
> >
> > It's self-contained html/javascript so you can copy it locally if you
> > like, or bookmark it.  It works in Firefox and IE, I hope.  If you find
> > bugs, let me know.
> >
> > Enjoy, and happy new year!
> >
> > Dave
>



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