Ethernets & large volumes of large images

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From: Ted Markowitz
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:31

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Does anyone have any information, statistical or anecdotal, on using
an Ethernet for pushing a LOT of image data around?  I'm thinking of a
document mgmt. scenario with scanned or faxed images being indexed,
stored (possibly compressed) on optical media, staged to magnetic
disks, and routed back and forth to PC or Sparc-based workstations for
handling.

Some idea of the traffic: 3000-4000 8 1/2" by 11" black&white images
scanned at about 300dpi per day routed to about 50 workstations. A
preliminary estimate says that the flow would be fairly even over the
course of the day.

Also, if you have any suggestions on compression schemes, I'd love to
hear them.  

Please post feedback to the net. Thanks.
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--ted 
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