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Re: Theory crafting a system for 1000 simultaneous micro SD card ingests

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Post by kalleboo »

Kirby64 wrote: post #9
nullpoint420 wrote: post #2

I was not expecting that thread to go in that direction. At first my nerd brain kicked in and I started doing the PCIe napkin math - but then I got to the post asking "why?" and found myself asking the same question. I am also a bit perplexed on why they'd need to ingest 1,000 micro-SD cards at once. If they are such a large org, why not investigate alternative solutions?

> I am also a bit perplexed on why they'd need to ingest 1,000 micro-SD cards at once. If they are such a large org, why not investigate alternative solutions? Action cameras use microSD cards as their main storage medium. You could connect them via WiFi on some models, but that would be painfully slow compared to dumping the SD cards directly.

One of the comments in the linked thread also suggested a fleet of dash cams which also sounds plausible, I could totally see some manager saying "we need to archive all the dash cam video for legal liability reasons!" and now someone is stuck with this job.

Re: Theory crafting a system for 1000 simultaneous micro SD card ingests

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Post by Kirby64 »

kalleboo wrote: post #11
Kirby64 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I am also a bit perplexed on why they'd need to ingest 1,000 micro-SD cards at once. If they are such a large org, why not investigate alternative solutions? Action cameras use microSD cards as their main storage medium. You could connect them via WiFi on some models, but that would be painfully slow compared to dumping the SD cards directly.

One of the comments in the linked thread also suggested a fleet of dash cams which also sounds plausible, I could totally see some manager saying "we need to archive all the dash cam video for legal liability reasons!" and now someone is stuck with this job.

From the poster in a reply:

> we record hundreds of hours of footage a week onto hundreds of cameras a that all record onto micro sd card.

Dashcams don’t seem to fit this description. Seems like production film to me. As I mentioned in another post, it sounds like this is someone from MrBeast’s production crew.

Re: Theory crafting a system for 1000 simultaneous micro SD card ingests

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Post by qingcharles »

nullpoint420 wrote: post #2

I was not expecting that thread to go in that direction. At first my nerd brain kicked in and I started doing the PCIe napkin math - but then I got to the post asking "why?" and found myself asking the same question. I am also a bit perplexed on why they'd need to ingest 1,000 micro-SD cards at once. If they are such a large org, why not investigate alternative solutions?

I saw that Beast Games used 1100 simultaneous cameras in the opening days to record every contestant, so I could see something wild like that, where you have 1000 GoPros out in the field all day.

Re: Theory crafting a system for 1000 simultaneous micro SD card ingests

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Post by qingcharles »

Kirby64 wrote: post #8
tristor wrote: post #6

There is only one scenario that remotely makes sense for why this would be even necessary and that's fleet vehicles with dash cams. Even in that case, there are way better approaches because there are dashcams designed for fleet usage that upload to central servers over WiFi. Basically this scenario only makes sense if there is something horribly wrong elsewhere to the point that the only reasonable thing to do is fi…

> There is only one scenario that remotely makes sense for why this would be even necessary and that's fleet vehicles with dash cams. Or, 1000 action cameras (GoPro or equivalent). I only know of one outfit that currently does that, and they definitely would need to dump all 1000 at once to keep production rolling. I’m pretty sure, although not certain, this is an employee of MrBeast or an affiliate.

Agreed. They've stated they used 1100 cams for Beast Games simultaneously.

Re: Theory crafting a system for 1000 simultaneous micro SD card ingests

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Post by RockRobotRock »

jackvalentine wrote: post #5
RockRobotRock wrote: post #4

"i can provide more details if needed but some things i am under an NDA so i may not be able to answer specifics" LOL why are these people helping this guy for free?

It’s an interesting problem, that’s why.

It is an interesting problem, but that annoyed me a bit because it's so brazen.

Re: Theory crafting a system for 1000 simultaneous micro SD card ingests

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Post by macropin »

cedel2k1 wrote: post #13

I know it sounds boring, but did anyone suggest a second computer if this is an actual problem and not just a for fun challenge?

Or how about 999 additional computers? They could be really tiny ones, running some kind of operating system designed for putting inside small single purpose machines. You could also add a coloured light on the front of each one and a button that says "copy to NAS".

Re: Theory crafting a system for 1000 simultaneous micro SD card ingests

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Post by _carbyau_ »

tristor wrote: post #6

There is only one scenario that remotely makes sense for why this would be even necessary and that's fleet vehicles with dash cams. Even in that case, there are way better approaches because there are dashcams designed for fleet usage that upload to central servers over WiFi. Basically this scenario only makes sense if there is something horribly wrong elsewhere to the point that the only reasonable thing to do is fi…

Bodycams for any number of security orgs (military, police, security guard) in any number of places around the world?

I mean, if done right you'd use some kind of wireless-while-they-charge at the end of the day. But given the wide world I could easily see someone somewhere going down this path.

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