Mebibytes per second to Gigabytes per hour conversion

What is mebibytes per second?

A very specific and technical question!

Meibibytes per second (MiB/s) is a unit of measurement for digital data transfer rates.

1 MiB (mebibyte) is equal to 1024 kilobytes (KB), which is a power-of-2 unit. It's not the same as a megabyte (MB), which can be either a power-of-10 or a power-of-2 unit, depending on the context.

So, mebibytes per second (MiB/s) represents a data transfer rate of 1024 kilobytes per second.

To give you an idea of just how small that is, here are some approximate equivalent rates:

• 1 MiB/s = 0.125 megabytes per second (MB/s)
• 1 MiB/s ≈ 10 kilobits per second (kbps) in a binary context
• To transfer a typical high-definition movie (4K, ~100 GB), it would take approximately 78 seconds at a rate of 1 MiB/s.

What is gigabytes per hour?

GB/h (gigabytes per hour) is a unit of measurement that represents the rate at which data is transferred, downloaded, or uploaded. It's often used in various contexts:

1. Internet Speed: GB/h can represent the average download speed of an internet connection, indicating how much data (in gigabytes) is being transferred to a device per hour.
2. Data Transfer Rates: In scientific and engineering applications, GB/h might be used to express the rate at which data is transferred from one system or device to another, such as in computer networking, cloud storage, or data streaming.
3. Content Distribution: The term might also appear in discussions about content delivery networks (CDNs), where it's used to describe the rate at which video or audio content is distributed to end-users.

To give you a better idea of what GB/h represents:

• 1 GB/h is equivalent to 2.222 MB/s (megabytes per second)
• To put this in perspective, standard internet speeds are typically measured in megabits per second (Mbps). A rough estimate would be:
  • Fast broadband: ~100-500 Mbps (~13-67 MB/s) ≈ 45-225 GB/h
  • Slow broadband: ~10-50 Mbps (~1.3-6.7 MB/s) ≈ 4.5-22.5 GB/h

Keep in mind that these are rough estimates and actual speeds may vary greatly depending on your specific internet connection.

Now you know what gigabytes per hour (GB/h) represents!