How Much Is A Petabyte?

VISUALIZING THE PETABYTE AGE THERE ARE 1.5 BILLION COMPUTER USERS WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE COMPUTER USAGE INCREASED 342% FROM 2000 TO 2008 2008 2000 All of these users create and interact with data. The internet's increasing popularity around the world means more and more people are sharing information online. 2009 1,596 Internet Users in Millions 2005 1500 888 2000 1000 304 1995 16 500 SOURCES: 1995-01 IDC.com, C.I. Almanac, Nua Ltd. 2002-09 Internet World Stats WORLDWIDE DATACENTERS NOW ANNUALLY CONSUME AS MUCH ENERGY AS SWEDEN More information being shared means more space used. Luckily, hard drive manufacturers have kept up, producing bigger and cheaper hard drives year after year. THE PRICE OF 1GB HAS DECREASED Historical Cost of 1GB of hard drive space $250 March 1998 $228 $200 $150 E March 2003 March 2007 $100 - $3.88 $0.88 $50 E $0 Our hard drives are becoming larger stillI. In May 2007 Hitachi introduced the first terabyte hard drive, which holds 1000GB. One company, Colossal Storage, predicts they will have a 1.2 petabyte hard drive on the market in 2-5 years. It is expected to cost about $750. WHAT IS AΡΕTΑΒΥΤΕ? TO UNDERSTAND A PETABYTE WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND A GIGABYTE. 1 7 MINUTE S OF HD-TV VIDEO GIGABYTE 2 20 ON YARDS OF BOOKS A SHELF GIGABYTES 4.7 H SIZE OF A STANDARD DVD-R GIGABYTES THERE ARE A MILLION GIGABYTES IN A PETAΒΥΤΕ (1024 MEGABYTES) 1 GIGABYTE 1024 GIGABYTES = 1 TERABYTE 1024 TERABYTES = 1 PETABYTE A PETABYTE IS A LOT OF DATA 1 20 MILLION FOUR-DRAWER FILING CABINETS FILLED WITH TEXT PETABYTE 1 13.3 YEARS OF HD-TV VIDEO PETABYTE 1.5 SIZE OF THE 10 BILLION PHOTOS FACEBOOK ON PETABYTES i INTERNET USER'S DATA BACKED UP ON 15+ MOZY.COM PETABYTES 20 THE AMOUNT OF DATA PER i PROCESSED BY GOOGLE DAY PETABYTES 20 1995 II TOTAL HARD DRIVE SPACE i MANUFACTURED IN PETABYTES 50 ... ....I. ... I THE ENTIRE WRITTEN WORKS OF MANKIND, FROM THE BEGIN- NING OF RECORDED HISTORY, IN ALL LANGUAGES .....-.. PETABYTES ..... ... (all approximate) VISUALIZING THE ΡΕTABΥΤΕ AGE THERE ARE 1.5 BILLION COMPUTER USERS WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE COMPUTER USAGE INCREASED 342% FROM 200 0 TO 2008 2008 2000 All of these users create and interact with data. The internet's increasing popularity around the world means more and more people are sharing information online. 2009 1,596 Internet Users in Millions 2005 1500 888 2000 1000 304 1995 16 500 SOURCES: 1995-01 IDC.com, C.I. Almanac, Nua Ltd. 2002-09 Internet World Stats WORLDWIDE DATACENTERS NOW ANNUALLY CONSUME AS MUCH ENERGY AS SWEDEN More information being shared means more space used. Luckily, hard drive manufacturers have kept up, producing bigger and cheaper hard drives year after year. THE PRICE OF 1GB HAS DECREASED Historical Cost of 1GB of hard drive space $250 March 1998 $228 $200 $150 E March 2003 March 2007 $100 E $3.88 $0.88 $50 E $0 Our hard drives are becoming larger stillI. In May 2007 Hitachi introduced the first terabyte hard drive, which holds 1000GB. One company, Colossal Storage, predicts they will have a 1.2 petabyte hard drive on the market in 2-5 years. It is expected to cost about $750. WHAT IS AΡΕTΑΒΥΤΕ? TO UNDERSTAND A PETABYTE WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND A GIGABYTE. 1 7 MINUTE S OF HD-TV VIDEO GIGABYTE 2 20 ON YARDS OF BOOKS A SHELF GIGABYTES 4.7 H SIZE OF A STANDARD DVD-R GIGABYTES THERE ARE A MILLION GIGABYTES N A PETAΒΥΤΕ (1024 MEGABYTES) 1 GIGABYTE 1024 GIGABYTES = 1 TERABYTE 1024 TERABYTES = 1 PETABYTE A РЕTАBYТE IS A LOT OF DATA 1 20 MILLION FOUR-DRAWER FILING CABINETS FILLED WITH TEXT PETABYΥΤΕ 1 13.3 YEARS OF HD-TV VIDEO PETABYΤΕ 1.5 SIZE OF THE 10 BILLION FACEBOOK PHOTOS ON PETABΥTES i INTERNET USER'S DATA BACKED UP ON 15+ MOZY.COM PETAΒΥTES 20 THE AMOUNT OF DATA PER i PROCESSED BY GOOGLE DAY III PETABYTES 20 II- TOTAL HARD DRIVE SPACE 1995 i MANUFACTURED IN PETABYTES ... 50 I THE ENTIRE WRITTEN WORKS OF MANKIND, FROM THE BEGIN- NING OF RECORDED HISTORY, IN ALL LANGUAGES PETAΒΥTES (all approximate) VISUALIZING THE ΡΕTABΥΤΕ AGE THERE ARE 1.5 BILLION COMPUTER USERS WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE COMPUTER USAGE INCREASED 342% FROM 200 0 TO 2008 2008 2000 All of these users create and interact with data. The internet's increasing popularity around the world means more and more people are sharing information online. 2009 1,596 Internet Users in Millions 2005 1500 888 2000 1000 304 1995 16 500 SOURCES: 1995-01 IDC.com, C.I. Almanac, Nua Ltd. 2002-09 Internet World Stats WORLDWIDE DATACENTERS NOW ANNUALLY CONSUME AS MUCH ENERGY AS SWEDEN More information being shared means more space used. Luckily, hard drive manufacturers have kept up, producing bigger and cheaper hard drives year after year. THE PRICE OF 1GB HAS DECREASED Historical Cost of 1GB of hard drive space $250 March 1998 $228 $200 $150 E March 2003 March 2007 $100 E $3.88 $0.88 $50 E $0 Our hard drives are becoming larger stillI. In May 2007 Hitachi introduced the first terabyte hard drive, which holds 1000GB. One company, Colossal Storage, predicts they will have a 1.2 petabyte hard drive on the market in 2-5 years. It is expected to cost about $750. WHAT IS AΡΕTΑΒΥΤΕ? TO UNDERSTAND A PETABYTE WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND A GIGABYTE. 1 7 MINUTE S OF HD-TV VIDEO GIGABYTE 2 20 ON YARDS OF BOOKS A SHELF GIGABYTES 4.7 H SIZE OF A STANDARD DVD-R GIGABYTES THERE ARE A MILLION GIGABYTES N A PETAΒΥΤΕ (1024 MEGABYTES) 1 GIGABYTE 1024 GIGABYTES = 1 TERABYTE 1024 TERABYTES = 1 PETABYTE A РЕTАBYТE IS A LOT OF DATA 1 20 MILLION FOUR-DRAWER FILING CABINETS FILLED WITH TEXT PETABYΥΤΕ 1 13.3 YEARS OF HD-TV VIDEO PETABYΤΕ 1.5 SIZE OF THE 10 BILLION FACEBOOK PHOTOS ON PETABΥTES i INTERNET USER'S DATA BACKED UP ON 15+ MOZY.COM PETAΒΥTES 20 THE AMOUNT OF DATA PER i PROCESSED BY GOOGLE DAY III PETABYTES 20 II- TOTAL HARD DRIVE SPACE 1995 i MANUFACTURED IN PETABYTES ... 50 I THE ENTIRE WRITTEN WORKS OF MANKIND, FROM THE BEGIN- NING OF RECORDED HISTORY, IN ALL LANGUAGES PETAΒΥTES (all approximate) VISUALIZING THE ΡΕTABΥΤΕ AGE THERE ARE 1.5 BILLION COMPUTER USERS WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE COMPUTER USAGE INCREASED 342% FROM 200 0 TO 2008 2008 2000 All of these users create and interact with data. The internet's increasing popularity around the world means more and more people are sharing information online. 2009 1,596 Internet Users in Millions 2005 1500 888 2000 1000 304 1995 16 500 SOURCES: 1995-01 IDC.com, C.I. Almanac, Nua Ltd. 2002-09 Internet World Stats WORLDWIDE DATACENTERS NOW ANNUALLY CONSUME AS MUCH ENERGY AS SWEDEN More information being shared means more space used. Luckily, hard drive manufacturers have kept up, producing bigger and cheaper hard drives year after year. THE PRICE OF 1GB HAS DECREASED Historical Cost of 1GB of hard drive space $250 March 1998 $228 $200 $150 E March 2003 March 2007 $100 E $3.88 $0.88 $50 E $0 Our hard drives are becoming larger stillI. In May 2007 Hitachi introduced the first terabyte hard drive, which holds 1000GB. One company, Colossal Storage, predicts they will have a 1.2 petabyte hard drive on the market in 2-5 years. It is expected to cost about $750. WHAT IS AΡΕTΑΒΥΤΕ? TO UNDERSTAND A PETABYTE WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND A GIGABYTE. 1 7 MINUTE S OF HD-TV VIDEO GIGABYTE 2 20 ON YARDS OF BOOKS A SHELF GIGABYTES 4.7 H SIZE OF A STANDARD DVD-R GIGABYTES THERE ARE A MILLION GIGABYTES N A PETAΒΥΤΕ (1024 MEGABYTES) 1 GIGABYTE 1024 GIGABYTES = 1 TERABYTE 1024 TERABYTES = 1 PETABYTE A РЕTАBYТE IS A LOT OF DATA 1 20 MILLION FOUR-DRAWER FILING CABINETS FILLED WITH TEXT PETABYΥΤΕ 1 13.3 YEARS OF HD-TV VIDEO PETABYΤΕ 1.5 SIZE OF THE 10 BILLION FACEBOOK PHOTOS ON PETABΥTES i INTERNET USER'S DATA BACKED UP ON 15+ MOZY.COM PETAΒΥTES 20 THE AMOUNT OF DATA PER i PROCESSED BY GOOGLE DAY III PETABYTES 20 II- TOTAL HARD DRIVE SPACE 1995 i MANUFACTURED IN PETABYTES ... 50 I THE ENTIRE WRITTEN WORKS OF MANKIND, FROM THE BEGIN- NING OF RECORDED HISTORY, IN ALL LANGUAGES PETAΒΥTES (all approximate) VISUALIZING THE ΡΕTABΥΤΕ AGE THERE ARE 1.5 BILLION COMPUTER USERS WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE COMPUTER USAGE INCREASED 342% FROM 200 0 TO 2008 2008 2000 All of these users create and interact with data. The internet's increasing popularity around the world means more and more people are sharing information online. 2009 1,596 Internet Users in Millions 2005 1500 888 2000 1000 304 1995 16 500 SOURCES: 1995-01 IDC.com, C.I. Almanac, Nua Ltd. 2002-09 Internet World Stats WORLDWIDE DATACENTERS NOW ANNUALLY CONSUME AS MUCH ENERGY AS SWEDEN More information being shared means more space used. Luckily, hard drive manufacturers have kept up, producing bigger and cheaper hard drives year after year. THE PRICE OF 1GB HAS DECREASED Historical Cost of 1GB of hard drive space $250 March 1998 $228 $200 $150 E March 2003 March 2007 $100 E $3.88 $0.88 $50 E $0 Our hard drives are becoming larger stillI. In May 2007 Hitachi introduced the first terabyte hard drive, which holds 1000GB. One company, Colossal Storage, predicts they will have a 1.2 petabyte hard drive on the market in 2-5 years. It is expected to cost about $750. WHAT IS AΡΕTΑΒΥΤΕ? TO UNDERSTAND A PETABYTE WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND A GIGABYTE. 1 7 MINUTE S OF HD-TV VIDEO GIGABYTE 2 20 ON YARDS OF BOOKS A SHELF GIGABYTES 4.7 H SIZE OF A STANDARD DVD-R GIGABYTES THERE ARE A MILLION GIGABYTES N A PETAΒΥΤΕ (1024 MEGABYTES) 1 GIGABYTE 1024 GIGABYTES = 1 TERABYTE 1024 TERABYTES = 1 PETABYTE A РЕTАBYТE IS A LOT OF DATA 1 20 MILLION FOUR-DRAWER FILING CABINETS FILLED WITH TEXT PETABYΥΤΕ 1 13.3 YEARS OF HD-TV VIDEO PETABYΤΕ 1.5 SIZE OF THE 10 BILLION FACEBOOK PHOTOS ON PETABΥTES i INTERNET USER'S DATA BACKED UP ON 15+ MOZY.COM PETAΒΥTES 20 THE AMOUNT OF DATA PER i PROCESSED BY GOOGLE DAY III PETABYTES 20 II- TOTAL HARD DRIVE SPACE 1995 i MANUFACTURED IN PETABYTES ... 50 I THE ENTIRE WRITTEN WORKS OF MANKIND, FROM THE BEGIN- NING OF RECORDED HISTORY, IN ALL LANGUAGES PETAΒΥTES (all approximate) VISUALIZING THE ΡΕTABΥΤΕ AGE THERE ARE 1.5 BILLION COMPUTER USERS WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE COMPUTER USAGE INCREASED 342% FROM 200 0 TO 2008 2008 2000 All of these users create and interact with data. The internet's increasing popularity around the world means more and more people are sharing information online. 2009 1,596 Internet Users in Millions 2005 1500 888 2000 1000 304 1995 16 500 SOURCES: 1995-01 IDC.com, C.I. Almanac, Nua Ltd. 2002-09 Internet World Stats WORLDWIDE DATACENTERS NOW ANNUALLY CONSUME AS MUCH ENERGY AS SWEDEN More information being shared means more space used. Luckily, hard drive manufacturers have kept up, producing bigger and cheaper hard drives year after year. THE PRICE OF 1GB HAS DECREASED Historical Cost of 1GB of hard drive space $250 March 1998 $228 $200 $150 E March 2003 March 2007 $100 E $3.88 $0.88 $50 E $0 Our hard drives are becoming larger stillI. In May 2007 Hitachi introduced the first terabyte hard drive, which holds 1000GB. One company, Colossal Storage, predicts they will have a 1.2 petabyte hard drive on the market in 2-5 years. It is expected to cost about $750. WHAT IS AΡΕTΑΒΥΤΕ? TO UNDERSTAND A PETABYTE WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND A GIGABYTE. 1 7 MINUTE S OF HD-TV VIDEO GIGABYTE 2 20 ON YARDS OF BOOKS A SHELF GIGABYTES 4.7 H SIZE OF A STANDARD DVD-R GIGABYTES THERE ARE A MILLION GIGABYTES N A PETAΒΥΤΕ (1024 MEGABYTES) 1 GIGABYTE 1024 GIGABYTES = 1 TERABYTE 1024 TERABYTES = 1 PETABYTE A РЕTАBYТE IS A LOT OF DATA 1 20 MILLION FOUR-DRAWER FILING CABINETS FILLED WITH TEXT PETABYΥΤΕ 1 13.3 YEARS OF HD-TV VIDEO PETABYΤΕ 1.5 SIZE OF THE 10 BILLION FACEBOOK PHOTOS ON PETABΥTES i INTERNET USER'S DATA BACKED UP ON 15+ MOZY.COM PETAΒΥTES 20 THE AMOUNT OF DATA PER i PROCESSED BY GOOGLE DAY III PETABYTES 20 II- TOTAL HARD DRIVE SPACE 1995 i MANUFACTURED IN PETABYTES ... 50 I THE ENTIRE WRITTEN WORKS OF MANKIND, FROM THE BEGIN- NING OF RECORDED HISTORY, IN ALL LANGUAGES PETAΒΥTES (all approximate)