Big data the NASA way

30.10.2012

He's been working with the South African team on the data processing side, "figuring out how to leverage NASA technology and open source data management technology."

"Some of the requirements of SKA make it mind boggling," he says.

"The 700 terabytes of data per second and how to prepare ourselves for the next decade through the use of data systems, software architecture design, and open source. How to be able to handle that data deluge."