Data Sorting World Record Falls: Computer Scientists Break Terabyte Sort Barrier (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Data Sorting World Record Falls: Computer Scientists Break Terabyte Sort Barrier

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To break the terabyte barrier for the Indy Minute Sort, the University of California, San Diego computer science researchers built a system made up of 52 commodity servers.

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UC San Diego / Daniel Kane

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