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Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my [message #51631 is a reply to message #51630]

Fri, 01 December 2006 15:53

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"Paul van Delst" <Paul.vanDelst@noaa.gov> wrote in message
news:ekq7e2$u4o$1@news.nems.noaa.gov...
> R.G. Stockwell wrote:
>> "Pete Warner" <warner.pete@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1164983221.424081.106940@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> I guess I've been thinking about asking for an upgrade. Maybe I already
>>> got it. Anybody know if Windows Vista can address 16 exabytes or will I
>>> need Linux for that?
>>
>> Has mankind even measured 16 exabytes of data in all of human history?
>> I wonder what the spectrum of that looks like?
>
> I know it's O(6) less, but I was in a meeting the other day when a
> colleague walked in with a 4TB portable HDD (containing global reanalysis
> "nature run" data) and casually mentioned that the other four disks will
> be arriving soon.

NICE!

anyways, to throw out some numbers, 16 exabytes would be roughly
equivalent to making a measurement for every square kilometer on earth,
every second, for the past 1000 years. Or equivalently, for 100 heights at
each kilometer each second over the past 10 years. That would be awesome.

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		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Foldy Lajos on Mon, 04 December 2006 05:25
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: news.qwest.net on Sat, 02 December 2006 09:47
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Foldy Lajos on Sat, 02 December 2006 01:59
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 01 December 2006 16:09
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: news.qwest.net on Fri, 01 December 2006 15:53
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 01 December 2006 13:39
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: news.qwest.net on Fri, 01 December 2006 12:56
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Pete Warner on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:32
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Karl Schultz on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:19
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: David Fanning on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:16
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: JD Smith on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:03
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Jean H. on Fri, 01 December 2006 10:41
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Foldy Lajos on Fri, 01 December 2006 10:14
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Pete Warner on Fri, 01 December 2006 09:31
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Paolo Grigis on Fri, 01 December 2006 07:42
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: David Fanning on Fri, 01 December 2006 07:25
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Pete Warner on Fri, 01 December 2006 07:15
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Pete Warner on Fri, 01 December 2006 06:27
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Paolo Grigis on Fri, 01 December 2006 00:53
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Paolo Grigis on Fri, 01 December 2006 00:51
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: David Fanning on Thu, 30 November 2006 19:16

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