Data Bank

The Data Bank is a ZPM tier multiblock for sharing data sticks with Assembly Lines through optical fiber cables and assembly line reception connectors. The basic structure of the Data Bank supports up to 14 data access hatches or 224 data sticks, but that can be increased to any number of data sticks through daisy-chaining. Given the number of assembly line recipes in GTNH, the Data Bank is practically mandatory for progression and saves from having to scan any item more than once. The only cost is a power requirement that scales with the number of data access hatches and data bank transmission connectors.

The Data Bank is surrounded on either side with heat vents. There is no mandatory air surrounding them, but they are not valid locations for any buses or hatches. The data access hatches and data bank transmission connectors are strictly limited to the computer casings (other than the three inside the structure) while the energy and maintenance hatches are strictly limited to the high power casings around the controller. Multi-amp and laser energy hatches are supported although not really necessary because the power consumption is very low. Use the Multiblock Structure Hologram Projector to visualize/build the structure.

Unique to the Data Bank is the data bank transmission connector which is effectively an optical transmission connector that shares data stick information instead of computation. The information travels through optical fiber cable to an assembly line reception connector on an Assembly Line, or another Data Bank for daisy-chaining. The cables and hatches must be painted to connect and only one pair of hatches are allowed on the same set of cables.

Structure

• Controller: Front center, 2nd layer
• 18 Computer Heat Vent
• 3-16 Computer Casing
• 0-6 High Power Casing
• 1+ Energy Hatch: Any high power casing
• 1 Maintenance Hatch: Any high power casing
• 1+ Data Access Hatch: Any computer casing
• 1+ Data Bank Transmission Connector: Any computer casing
• 0+ Assembly Line Reception Connector: Any computer casing

Wallsharing

Data Banks may wallshare each of their sides to save on casings and buses/hatches. However, that does not include data bank transmission connectors because that does NOT properly concatenate the data--one set of data sticks overwrites the other. Assembly line reception connectors are perfectly fine to share for splitting data.

Start by adding data access hatches to the Data Bank and fill them with scanned data sticks, or those containing recipes from a Research Station. The basic structure of the Data Bank supports up to 14 data access hatches or 224 data sticks, but that can be increased to any number of data sticks through daisy-chaining (see below). Furthermore, only one data stick is necessary for any number of Assembly Lines.

Next, add a data bank transmission connector to the structure to share ALL contained data through optical fiber cable to an assembly line reception connector. Again, the cables must be painted to connect and only one pair of hatches are allowed on a set of cables. However, a Data Bank can have multiple data bank transmission connectors to service multiple Assembly Lines simultaneously.

The power consumption of a Data Bank depends on both the number and type of hatches built into the structure. If there are NO assembly line reception connectors then it follows the "Master" equation below. If there are ANY assembly line reception connectors then it follows the "Slave" equation below and they are counted as data access hatches.

${\displaystyle {\displaystyle {\text{EU/t}}=(1+{\text{Data Access Hatches}}\times {\text{Transmission Connectors}})\times {\begin{cases}2048,&{\text{Master}}\\32768,&{\text{Slave}}\end{cases}}}}$

Eventually, more than 224 data sticks AND more than just a few Assembly Lines are going to be needed. The solution is daisy-chaining Data Banks to share any number of data sticks with any number of Assembly Lines.

The wireless data bank transmission connector and wireless assembly line reception connector are both unlocked in UEV. They are N:M hatches for sharing data across any distance without any optical fiber cable, although a single transmission connector is all that is needed for any number of Assembly Lines.