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Tangentially, there's even larger public datasets coming out of astronomy. PanSTARRS' imaging survey will make 2 PB available online. They even have a picture [
by throwaway_yy2Di 10y ago
Tangentially, there's even larger public datasets coming out of astronomy. PanSTARRS' imaging survey will make 2 PB available online. They even have a picture [0] of the completed dataset in transit, if you wondered what 2 PB of HDD's on a flatbed looks like.
[0] https://archive.stsci.edu/mug/mug_2016/PS1_MUG_2016jan14.pdf#page=11 https://archive.stsci.edu/mug/mug_2016/PS1_MUG_2016jan14.pdf...
- chris_va 10y ago'Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.'
- imaginenore 10y ago(2 petabytes)/(1 gigabit/second) = 185.2 days Good luck downloading that :)
- Chronic51 10y agoMany companies and universities are connected to the internet backbone with 40 Gbps. No luck needed.
- billybofh 10y agoWe're a CERN connected site and originally 'only' had 10x10G feeds. When the first data started to come in the network guy was looking a bit worried and said "the plane's coming into land, and the runway isn't nearly long enough..."
- batbomb 10y agoIt has been pushed back to later this year.
- throwaway_yy2Di 10y agoAh, thanks for the update.