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IBM Introduces Petabyte-Capacity 'Storage Tank'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-squash-it-in-there dept.

statikuz writes "Wired is reporting that IBM's new data storage system, codenamed "Storage Tank", uses software to link servers in multiple locations over an IP network, creating a sort of mega-server capable of connecting thousands of computers and processing multiple petabytes of data. 'Storage Tank has the potential to become to an organization's data what the Dewey Decimal system is to a library,' said Dan Colby, general manager of storage systems at IBM. 'It reinvents the way information is filed, managed, shared and accessed within an organization.' CERN is currently using a beta version of the system to store data from the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator, which is being used to recreate the first moments of the Big Bang. IBM expects Storage Tank eventually will be able to handle 10 to 20 terabytes of CERN data. Get your own 'starter configuration' for only $90,000!"

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  1. This is exactly what I need! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    For my house, of course.

  2. Please tell me I'm not the only one... by BeneathTheVeil · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...who read that one link as 'Large Hardon Collider' ...yeesh, I think I need to get out more.

  3. Imagine... by billbaggins · · Score: 4, Funny
    Man, imagine a Beo...

    <thud>

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  4. Petafile by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So what's a file called in a petabyte-capacity storage tank?

    A petafile!

    Ha, I crack myself up.

  5. Think of the children! by Saeger · · Score: 4, Funny
    Dear Manufacturer,
    Only petafiles have need for petabytes! Consider yourself boycotted!

    Sincerely,
    Mentally Challenged Parents Association

    (What's a Petafile, Walter?)

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    Power to the Peaceful
  6. Re:Hrmmm.... just to point out that there is an by Ingolfke · · Score: 2, Funny

    But do they have a "tank"? That's the real question here.

  7. Re:Storing Data on Beta Technology by DrDNA · · Score: 1, Funny

    Obviously, on a billion floppy disks.

  8. If I defrag by superpulpsicle · · Score: 5, Funny

    startime - 10-01-03
    endtime - 10-01-13

  9. For the stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No bathroom breaks? That would defeat the purpose of pr0n!