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64 TB is all that that anybody would ever need on a computer.

by crmd 6y ago

Koshkin 6y ago
No, that's 640.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  ...in fairness, I do struggle to think what you could ever do to exceed 640TB of RAM, other than some very big scientific/simulation things (or SAP or Google Chrome;]). I mean, that's more persistent storage than I expect most people to need for at least another decade (or at least whenever virtual reality really takes off), let RAM.
  - rbanffy 6y ago
    A sufficiently complex immersive VR with enough resolution could take up that kind of memory, but it's very much in the realm of science fiction right now. When I'm dead and my mind is uploaded to one, a machine like this may prove comfortable.
    - steffan 6y ago
      > a machine like this may prove comfortable Future virtual real estate listing: "Spacious 640TB expanse gives you room to let your mind wander. Large enough for two entities to share and even spawn subprocesses!"
  - toast0 6y ago
    If my math is close enough, 640TB is 640kB * 1 billion. As we know, 640kB should be enough memory for anyone, but the world population is a bit more, so you'll need more ram to have enough for everyone.
  - Someone 6y ago
    If you record your live at 4K compressed, that’s ballpark 25 Mbit/s ≈ 3 MB/s≈ 250 GB/day, so you would run out of RAM in 8 years or so (more like 12 years if you compress the nightly video better). I fear there are people alive today who will ‘need’ that. Alternatively, slap a 4K video camera on all 75k spectators in a large stadium, and you’ll fill that space before the match is over. Also, the LHC could generate 25 GB/s (https://home.cern/science/computing/processing-what-record https://home.cern/science/computing/processing-what-record). They could easily fill it in a day (but don’t. They discard most of the data from their instruments in milliseconds)
  - mrep 6y ago
    I've seen databases as large as 10 petabytes and blob storage services in the 10s of exabyte range. Granted, that was all disk but it'd be cool if you could store it all in ram on one machine.
- crmd 6y ago
  You got the joke! ;-)

64 TB is all that that anybody would ever need on a computer.

by crmd 6y ago

64 TB is all that that anybody would ever need on a computer.

Koshkin 6y ago

No, that's 640.

yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
...in fairness, I do struggle to think what you could ever do to exceed 640TB of RAM, other than some very big scientific/simulation things (or SAP or Google Chrome;]). I mean, that's more persistent storage than I expect most people to need for at least another decade (or at least whenever virtual reality really takes off), let RAM.
- rbanffy 6y ago
  A sufficiently complex immersive VR with enough resolution could take up that kind of memory, but it's very much in the realm of science fiction right now. When I'm dead and my mind is uploaded to one, a machine like this may prove comfortable.
  - steffan 6y ago
    > a machine like this may prove comfortable Future virtual real estate listing: "Spacious 640TB expanse gives you room to let your mind wander. Large enough for two entities to share and even spawn subprocesses!"
- toast0 6y ago
  If my math is close enough, 640TB is 640kB * 1 billion. As we know, 640kB should be enough memory for anyone, but the world population is a bit more, so you'll need more ram to have enough for everyone.
- Someone 6y ago
  If you record your live at 4K compressed, that’s ballpark 25 Mbit/s ≈ 3 MB/s≈ 250 GB/day, so you would run out of RAM in 8 years or so (more like 12 years if you compress the nightly video better). I fear there are people alive today who will ‘need’ that. Alternatively, slap a 4K video camera on all 75k spectators in a large stadium, and you’ll fill that space before the match is over. Also, the LHC could generate 25 GB/s (https://home.cern/science/computing/processing-what-record https://home.cern/science/computing/processing-what-record). They could easily fill it in a day (but don’t. They discard most of the data from their instruments in milliseconds)
- mrep 6y ago
  I've seen databases as large as 10 petabytes and blob storage services in the 10s of exabyte range. Granted, that was all disk but it'd be cool if you could store it all in ram on one machine.
crmd 6y ago
You got the joke! ;-)