Boeing 787s To Create Half a Terabyte of Data Per Flight

Qedward writes "Virgin Atlantic is preparing for a significant increase in data as it embraces the Internet of Things, with a new fleet of highly connected planes each expected to create over half a terabyte of data per flight. IT director David Bulman said: 'The latest planes we are getting, the Boeing 787s, are incredibly connected. Literally every piece of that plane has an internet connection, from the engines, to the flaps, to the landing gear. If there is a problem with one of the engines we will know before it lands to make sure that we have the parts there. It is getting to the point where each different part of the plane is telling us what it is doing as the flight is going on. We can get upwards of half a terabyte of data from a single flight from all of the different devices which are internet connected.'"

Comments

What could possibly go wrong?

[stoploss]

dave@console:~ ssh dave@hal-787
[dave@hal-787 ~]$ echo "1" > /dev/landing-gear-doors
echo: I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that.
[dave@hal-787 ~]$ sudo echo "1" > /dev/landing-gear-doors
dave@console:~ Connection to hal-787 lost.

Re:What could possibly go wrong?

[Anonymous Coward]

Just log in as root. no sudo needed.

and then do
shutdown -h now

That gives the pilot something to do!

Much less data than you think

[Anonymous Coward]

Sources say it's an XML dump. Maybe 100KB of actual data in there.

Storage in the cloud

[verifine]

Finally it makes sense, the plane (which is often in the clouds) generates data (which is stored in the cloud.)

Re:Internet connected

[The_Wilschon]

They'd be better off using Monster Cables.

Currently producing zero bytes

[Viol8]

Because all 787s are grounded. Perhaps Boeing should have concentrated on the basics for a bit longer instead of the frivolous nonsense that is nothing more than a tickbox on a marketing sheet.

Re:internet-connected plane

[ls671]

woosh...

Re:internet-connected plane

[Anonymous Coward]

wget http://www.vigrin-atlatic.com/flight/12321/manage.aspx?flags=down&gear=up&parachutes=deploy

Re:What could go wrong?

[halltk1983]

I would prefer it if my aircrafts sensors weren't censored.

/I'm so very sorry, I'm not normally a Grammar Nazi

Re:What could go wrong?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's Nazi, not nazi.

Re:internet-connected plane

[jeffmeden]

Do you want to be the guy responsible for 500GB of syslog messages about every flight? Talk about making your eyes bleed...

Mar 07 04:08:02.040 UA565 altimeter: altitude 36455.5 feet
Mar 07 04:08:02.050 UA565 altimeter: altitude 36455.6 feet
Mar 07 04:08:02.060 UA565 altimeter: altitude 36455.7 feet
Mar 07 04:08:02.070 UA565 altimeter: altitude 36455.6 feet
Mar 07 04:08:02.080 UA565 altimeter: altitude 36455.5 feet
Mar 07 04:08:02.090 UA565 altimeter: altitude 36455.6 feet
Mar 07 04:08:02.100 UA565 altimeter: altitude 36455.7 feet
Mar 07 04:08:02.110 UA565 altimeter: altitude 36455.6 feet

Re:internet-connected plane

[HornWumpus]

Someone should invent computer tools for dealing with large text files.

Perhaps you could grep through a listing of sourceforge/user space and find such a tool.