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US Government Upgrades RAM
Deep Throat writes "Techworld has the scoop on a new super-sized RAM disk that the US government has just bought for a few million dollars in order to speed up searching through huge databases. It's 2.5TB! The VP of the company that made it says it is for Washington DC and searching databases but won't say who. Techworld explains why it reckons it's the Department of Homeland Security searching in the NSA and Pentagon databases for terrorists. And apparently the government is 'very happy' with the purchase and thinking about getting more."
Still not as fast as if they'd make the info public domain and use google :)
I remember when legal used to mean lawful, now it means some kind of loophole. - Leo Kessler
in order to speed up searching through huge database
Have they consulted Google?
The list price of the system, which is made up from 40 RamSan 320 units, reviewed here, is $4.7million
Purchased from Dell's website that would have been....$12.5 million?
They're upgrading in time for Longhorns release you insensitive clod!
After weeks of seeing overblown headlines on slashdot (IE, Bill Gates runs over a squirel on the way to work, headline reads "Bill Gates Murders Animals as part of his Job!!!"), it's good to see one that is, well, underblown. 2.5TB is a bit more than a 'RAM upgrade'
I just hope they didn't get it at Fry's. God help them if they've got to return it.
"Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."
This is what's going through the mind of someone at redmond right now...
"With that much ram, I won't have to worry about fixing the memory leaks!"
Now checking 2,748,779,069.440 bytes of memory, please wait.....