The cache could be 6-8x the size of the original data ... if the raw data were in a compressed format like MrSID ... even bigger. So, for every 1.5Tb disk that was sent, you need to return a stack more. Not sure thats practical?
2009/12/10 Anthony <[email protected]>: > 2009/12/10 Anthony <[email protected]> >> >> 2009/12/10 Iván Sánchez Ortega <[email protected]> >>> >>> El Jueves, 10 de Diciembre de 2009, Anthony escribió: >>> > Along those lines, maybe something a little less distributed? Mail out >>> > 1-1.5 terabyte hard drives with an appropriate amount of raw data, have >>> > the >>> > sponsor process the data and mail it back? >>> >>> "Mail it back" as in "snail-mail it back"? As in "never underestimate the >>> bandwidth of 1TB hard drives sent via UPS"? >> >> Yeah, although if it's in the US insured USPS media mail would probably be >> cheaper. > > Hmm, I'd probably be willing to pay $150 to get 1.5 terabytes of USGS > goodies within my county/state/country/whateverfits mailed to me on a 1.5 > terabyte disk, which I could then copy to my local hard drive, process into > tiles, and mail to OAM, Inc. c/o Some Group Which Has Built A Backblaze Pod > Minus The Hard Drives, with the agreement that the drives would then be put > into the Pod and hosted at Some Hosting Provider Willing To Host a Pod For > Free Or Really Really Cheap. 44 other takers? > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://openaerialmap.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_openaerialmap.org > > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://openaerialmap.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_openaerialmap.org
