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Data IRL: Visualizing the Size of Databases

DATA IRL VISUALIZING THE SIZE OF DATABASES А PAGE 5,000 characters in size 10 font A SHEET OF PAPER -5KB- A 3.5-INCH FLOPPY DISK A STANDARD STORAGE BOX -1.44MB- -10MB- 15 INCHES LONG 280 pages 2,000 pages A CD -700MB- 70 87.5 STORAGE BOXES FEET LONG AN IPHONE 6S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING -128GB- 大 , 1h 1m ÖNE WORLD TRADE CENTER 12,800 3.03 STORAGE BOXES MILES LONG A 2016 DESKTOP COMPUTER PORTSMOUTH, NH BOSTON, MA -12TB- 4h 44m NEW YORK, NY 1,200,000 284 STORAGE BOXES MILES LONG WIKIPEDIA -33ТВ- NEW YORK, NY 12h 3m CHICAGO, IL 3,300,000 781.25 STORAGE BOXES MILES LONG NETFLIX MASTER CATALOG -3.14PB- MOON EARTH 314,000,000 74,337 STORAGE BOXES MILES LONG GMAIL FACEBOOK* -213PB- -300PB- EARTH VENUS MOON 21,300,000,000 30,000,000,000 STORAGE BOXES STORAGE BOXES 5,042,614 7,102,273 MILES LONG MILES LONG *TOTAL STORAGE GOOGLE -15EB- EARTH VENUS MERCURY SUN 1,500,000,000,000 355,113,636 STORAGE BOXES MILES LONG *TOTAL STORAGE SUN NSA UTAH DATA CENTER NEPTUNE HIGHEST ESTIMATE -1YB- 100,000,000,000,000,000 STORAGE BOXES 4.027 PROXIMA CENTAURI LIGHT-YEARS MBetterBuys

Data IRL: Visualizing the Size of Databases

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We wanted to visualize the appearance of all that virtual storage space in the real world – how much it would weigh and how much space it would occupy. How many sheets of paper does your digital doc...

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