Estimating file transfer time over network?

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Published on 2014-06-05T08:16:31Z Indexed on 2014/06/05 9:42 UTC
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I am transferring file from one server to another. So, to estimate the time it would take to transfer some GB's of file over the network, I am pinging to that IP and taking the average time.

For ex: i ping to 172.26.26.36 I get the average round trip time to be x ms, since ping send 32 bytes of data each time. I estimate speed of network to be 2*32*8(bits)/x = y Mbps --> multiplication with 2 because its average round trip time.

So transferring 5GB of data will take 5000/y seconds

Am I correct in my method of estimating time.

If you find any mistake or any other good method please share.

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