5 Dec
2010
5 Dec
'10
3:31 a.m.
On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 09:42:55PM -0500, Scott Morris wrote:
On 12/4/10 5:56 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
I recently calculated the capacity of a 747F full of LTO-4 tapes; it's about 8.7 exabytes. I *think* it's within weight and balance for the airframe.
Cheers, -- jra
Just how much free time do you have? :)
Scott
A
well... here are the numbers (using LTO-5's) you can do the math. 747-8 -- 308647 lb / 8130 km 747-8 -- 600 cubic meters lto-5 -- 3.0 Tb lto-5 -- 0.6 lb lto-5 -- 11.3 x 2.79 x 11.1 cm and althugh its not generally available, the LCF has 4x the load of the 747-4f http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:747_400LCF_DREAM_LIFTER.jpg the killer is going to be the 280m/s write off the tapes. :) --bill