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Throughput (goodput) of various storage media, networks, buses, etc.

storage media — magnetic

description exact model other detail required to reproduce goodput source
Sun E3500 DDS-4 tape drive HP C5683A density=high 2.6 MB/s personal testing [1]

network

Note: TCP + ethernet-frames usually takes ~10% overhead

description exact model other detail required to reproduce goodput source
100 base T TCP on Fast Ethernet 11 MB/s [1]
Gigabit Ethernet TCP on Gigabit Ethernet 115 MB/s [1]

buses

description exact model other detail required to reproduce goodput source
USB 2.0 30-40 MB/s [1]
USB 3.0 350 MB/s?
Sun Enterprise 3500 motherboard 2700 MB/s
theoretical 		[1]

specific combinations

description goodput source
Sun E3500, reading from a DDS-4 tape, sending the data over the corporate LAN, via SSH 1.1 MB/s personal testing