CERN Generates 1PB of Data Per Second ( That is 1,000 Terabytes per second )

HardOCP ^ | Sunday June 26, 2011

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

f you think you have gigantic storage problems with your computer data, think again. The experiments at CERN are generating a staggering 1 Petabyte of information every second of each experiment running on the Large Hadron Collider. I don’t know what they pay the IT staff there, but I’m sure it isn’t nearly enough.

"To analyse this amount of data you need the equivalent of 100,000 of the world’s fastest PC processors. CERN provides around 20 per cent of this capability in our datacentres, but it’s not enough to handle this data," he said.

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[SunkenCiv]

I remain astounded at two things in this context:

1. that this will not be fast enough to handle www traffic within three years and
2. The next version of Windows will require a terabyte of free space. ;')

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Sure a factor of 1000 OK - but aren’t we off by 1 million?