'Maiden Flight' for LHC Computing Grid Breaks Gigabyte-per-Second Barrier

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Map with data transfer rates superimposed.
Map with data transfer rates superimposed.

UK physicists have successfully taken part in a challenge to test an international scientific computing Grid under working conditions. During the week-long challenge, the LHC Computing Grid sustained transfer rates of a gigabyte per second. - a world first for a permanent, international Grid using scientific data.


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