> I am simply curious. This sounds like an amazing > engineering challenge. If it is not a secret, can you > describe what this data represents and how it will be used? Genomics. Look up "Smith-Waterman" or "Needleman-Wunsch-Sellers" on the web.
> What is the ultimate source of this data? Custom hardware > How many days/weeks/eons of it do you plan to accumulate? Less than a week. > How much > raw disk space is that? It varies by thresholding. 1GB to several TB. > If backups and journaling are not important, then is it > safe to assume that you can always regenerate that data on > demand? Is each "set" of data identical, or only > statistically similar to prior sets? I can always regenerate if I want to wait a few days. It's not exactly an exact science anyway. > Your project sounds like fun though, from what little > I've read of this thread. Sure beats writing boring > financial software ;) I admit I'm quite enjoying it as well.
