[
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "on%20a%20computer%20with%20a%20drive%20whose%20write%20speed%20is%206000%20megabytes%20per%20second%2C%20how%20long%20to%20copy%201%20TB"
    },
    {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "If the drive can sustain a write speed of 6,000 MB/s, copying 1 TB would take approximately:\n\n\u2022 If 1 TB = 1,000,000 megabytes (decimal definition):  \n  1,000,000 MB \u00f7 6,000 MB/s \u2248 **166.7 seconds** \u21d2 about **2 minutes 47 seconds**\n\n\u2022 If 1 TB = 1,048,576 megabytes (1 tebibyte = 2^40 bytes, binary definition):  \n  1,048,576 MB \u00f7 6,000 MB/s \u2248 **174.8 seconds** \u21d2 about **2 minutes 55 seconds**\n\nSo in practice, roughly **2.8\u20133 minutes** assuming nothing else (overhead, latency, etc.) slows things down."
    }
]