Are networks now faster than disks?
Here are some numbers that you are probably looking for, as quoted by Jeff Dean, a Google Fellow: Numbers Everyone Should Know L1 cache reference 0.5 ns Branch mispredict 5 ns L2 cache reference 7 ns Mutex lock/unlock 100 ns (25) Main memory reference 100 ns Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 10,000 ns (3,000) Send … Read more