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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. huh by xao+gypsie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    funny how pr0n still seems to drive technology..

    xao

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  2. Shh! by Transcendent · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Storage Tank has the potential to become to an organization's data what the Dewey Decimal system is to a library.

    Shh!!! Don't mention Dewey Decimal or you might get sued!!

  3. Ultimate Tivo Hack by smz420 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh man, imagine hacking Tivo to work with this!

  4. Petabyte or 909.5 terabytes? by AsmordeanX · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Or is it a 1 pibibytes?

  5. Lets see... by Billly+Gates · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... how long before I fill it worth porn.

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