Inside the Lucasfilm Data Center

Given the cult-film status of 1971’s THX 1138 in the George Lucas universe, it should come as little surprise that the total capacity of Lucasfilm’s giant data center is 11.38 petabits per second. Granted, that number–which represents the value one would get by adding up the bandwidth capacity of all the company’s 1 gigabit per second desktop machines and its 10-gbps backbone–is purely theoretical.

If you are a Lucasfilm diehard or simply a fan of jaw-dropping server setups, this is the article for you. Quick stats include hundreds of servers and over 300TB of storage space… aka two or three HD-DVD rips. They go on to mention that the most recent Pirates of the Caribbean movie required about 60TB and the next one promises to use closer to 90TB.

Source: News.com