FDDI subnets in a WAN environment

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From: john tricker
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:37

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In the near future we will have several FDDI based subnets separated by large 
(>200km) distances. Each subnets traffic will be consist of high bandwidth, 
large, async, TCP file transfers and some background activity. Traffic between 
subnets will be as follows.

	Bandwidth  		10 MBytes/sec during file transfer
				< 1 MByte/sec at other times
	File size		6000 MBytes ( 10 mins duration )
	File frequence		1 or 2 transfers per hour.
	Acceptable latency	< 1 minute

We would like to link the subnets together to form one network cloud. Clearly 
neither the 'rent a low bandwidth line and use buffering' or the 'rent a high 
bandwidth line and waste most of it' solutions are cost effective. Can anyone 
suggest appropriate technologies, or products, for the support of this type of 
traffic ?
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From: jlt1@crosfield.co.uk (john tricker)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.misc,comp.dcom.lans.fddi
Subject: FDDI subnets in a WAN environment
Keywords: FDDI WAN
Message-ID: <15653@suns6.crosfield.co.uk>
Date: 18 Nov 92 17:37:13 GMT
Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.
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