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Update production-checklist.md: bit/byte units
Use KB (1000 bytes) instead of kiB (1024 bytes). Example source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte
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The following (intentionally oversimplified) formula can be used to compute the **minimum amount of bandwidth**
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that must be available to cluster nodes, in bytes per second:
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that must be available to cluster nodes, in bits per second:
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MR * MS * 110% * 8
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* 110%: accounts for message properties, protocol metadata, and other data transferred
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For example, with a message rate (`MR`) of 20K per second and 6 kiB message payloads (`MS`):
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For example, with a message rate (`MR`) of 20K per second and 6 KB message payloads (`MS`):
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20K * 6 kiB * 110% * 8 = 20000 * 6000 * 1.1 * 8 = 1.056 (gigabit/second)
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20K * 6 KB * 110% * 8 bit/B = 20000 * 6000 * 1.1 * 8 = 1.056 (gigabit/second)
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With the above inputs, cluster nodes must have network links with throughput of at least 1.056 gigabit per second.

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