Teams from Holland (ASTRON - the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy), Switzerland and IBM have combined to work out how to best deal with a daily data throughput from SKA that will equal over 2x daily world internet usage, or 10-100x the throughput of the large hadron collider at CERN.
It is one of the most data intensive science projects ever planned. "Scientists estimate that the processing power required to operate
the telescope will be equal to several millions of today’s fastest
computers."
SKA's data backbone will likely be based on an optimization of the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) data system that was made by ASTRON with pathfinder tech specifically meant to assist SKA. Power efficiency and
Watch this explanation by Dr.ir Albert-Jan Boonstra, Dr Ton Engbersen, and Dr. Martin Schmatz, and read the IBM news release
See: LOFAR
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