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Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by LeoPanthera on Sunday April 14, 2024 @03:50PM (#40033850)
It's weird that there's a server in there. Seems like a waste of space and weight. Why not just a thunderbolt interface?
Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by burnte on Sunday April 14, 2024 @03:57PM (#40033926)
It's a solution, not a part. Plug this into the LAN, copy data. It manages everything about the file storage internally, etc. With this much storage (the sheer number of drives) you need a dedicated server to keep the data moving.
Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by codingmoh on Monday April 15, 2024 @12:05AM (#40036972)
I saw your very recent comment on EMRs /EHRs and that you would like to build a new one.

we are actually in the process of building one, we have a doctor on board and we also have our first users.

Our goal is to create the most fantastic user experience for primary Care practitioners.

Our existing MVP uses AI to to speed up clinical documentation process using speech text to speech. Transcribing the conversation, summarizing it, generating a doctor's letter. We try to identify what actions the doctor recommended to the patients while talking to them. For instance, regenerate a laboratory referral in real time.

We are writing our yc application atm.

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Please drop me a message if you are still interested in building a new EMR.

Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by zymhan on Sunday April 14, 2024 @04:06PM (#40033998)
You aren't backing up your Mac Pro to this.
Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by Ekaros on Sunday April 14, 2024 @03:52PM (#40033874)
2x200 Gb network... Compared to 80 Gb that is 5 times faster...
Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by LeoPanthera on Sunday April 14, 2024 @03:55PM (#40033914)
I wonder if that's a typo though. 200G ethernet does exist, as part of the "Terabit Ethernet" standard, but it's extremely rare and you'd have trouble finding anything to connect it to that could negotiate that fast.
Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by jdsully on Sunday April 14, 2024 @04:08PM (#40034013)
Switches are crazy expensive but optics are easily available... here's a 400G for less than $500

https://www.fs.com/products/110530.html

200G switches are about the cost of a small car, but if your buying this thing that is probably not a showstopper:

https://www.wiredzone.com/shop/product/10023793-supermicro-s...

Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by zaroth on Sunday April 14, 2024 @04:20PM (#40034116)
I think it’s just a typo.
Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by zettabomb on Sunday April 14, 2024 @04:23PM (#40034137)
It's not "extremely rare" in the intended market. It'll still take you over 2 hours to fill this, if you manage to saturate both links (which you can't realistically do).
Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by Hikikomori on Sunday April 14, 2024 @04:32PM (#40034225)
Doesn't most vendors sell switches capable of that?
Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by markhahn on Sunday April 14, 2024 @04:36PM (#40034261)
100/200/400Gb is widespread in high-performance (HPC or big AI) datacenters.
Re:WD Ultrastar Transporter: Briefcase with 368TB of NVMe SS... by crote on Sunday April 14, 2024 @04:44PM (#40034318)
Isn't 200G starting to become reasonable common for high-end enterprise gear?

Dual-port 10G/25G is fairly standard on servers these days, and SANs with multiple 100G ports aren't exactly rare either. I wouldn't be too surprised to see 200G or 400G ports on newer spine switches these days.