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DTC – Data Transfer Calculator

How long does it take to transfer a specific amount of data?

data size bit B (byte = 8 bit) KB (= 1000^1 B) KiB (= 1024^1 B) MB (= 1000^2 B) MiB (= 1024^2 B) GB (= 1000^3 B) GiB (= 1024^3 B)

transfer rate Bit/s B/s Kbit/s KB/s Mbit/s MB/s Gbit/s GB/s

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transfer time seconds minutes hours days weeks months (30 days) years

Usual Data Sizes

Disk: 1.4 MB , CD: 700 MB , DVD: 4.7 GB

Usual Transfer Rates

USB 1.1: 12 Mbit/s , USB 2.0: 480 Mbit/s , USB 3.0: 5 Gbit/s

Links

• wikipedia.org: Orders of magnitude (data)
• wikipedia.org: Datenübertragungsrate
• calctool.org: Transfer Time

03.04.2010 22:07:14