4. Upload or Ship It?

Should You Upload or Ship Big Data to the Cloud?, Sachin Date, CACM, July 2016.

equation (1) (missing from the paper):

  TimeTransit_hours = 16;  TimeOverhead = 48;  SpeedIn_MB = 160;  SpeedOut_MB = 160;

  % ship it
  %
  TransferTime_hours =   VolumeContent_MB / (3600 * SpeedIn_MB)  + TimeTransit_hours
                       + VolumeContent_MB / (3600 * SpeedOut_MB) + TimeOverhead;

  % upload @ 100 Mbps
  %
  UploadTime_hours = VolumeContent_MB / (3600 * (100/8));