Re: Re: Survey of the sky-data storage

Warrl kyree Tale'sedrin (warrl@blarg.net)
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 22:58:46 -0700


From: Entropyfoe@aol.com

> For details of Fermi labs data capacity, you might check their website
> www.fnal.gov. On my last tour there I think they said they have 40
> Terabytes disk space and 400 TBytes of robotic tape storage. Sony will
> sell you a standard product the "PetaSite" that holds 2 Petabytes, or 2000
> TBytes with robotic tape storage and retreival. The robots move at 30
> m/sec for faster access times. -Jay

Yeah, I'd say that those robots zipping around at 67 miles per hour would
provide fast access.

Hope they have good, long-lasting brakes, and are travelling on sturdy well-
mounted tracks.

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