And you think you have data storage problems....

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

WA's International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) today announced it will work with IBM to develop a data system capable of processing and storing an exabyte of data per day (1,000 million GB) in the lead up to build of the world's biggest radio telescope project, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/156033...ata-a-day.aspx

[renormalised (Carl)]

Even if we don't get the SKA, this smaller array will be an achievement and do a lot for science.

[erick (Eric)]

Just average it all - the answer will be 42 and that can be easily stored.