
This is the control centre, which runs 16 Linux machines with a custom built interface on top of CentOS. It also uses what Farnsworth described as "out of the packet", synchrotron software.
While running, Farnsworth described how about 35,000 individual variables are measured, 25,000 of which are archived. How much data does the synchrotron generate? "About a pentabyte this week," Farnsworth said.











