But this maxim isn't always true for the data center properties that are operating to host
the zettabytes of data — that's trillions of gigabytes — we're all punching through with social media a...
The amount of data collected and stored by organizations around the world is mind boggling with some sources citing 2.7
Zettabytes of data existing in the universe today.
A future alternative to hard disks and Blu ray for storing exponentially exploding
zettabytes of «Long Data» in energy - intensive data centers
How incredibly large this amount actually is, is being illustrated by the experts of the study through the following comparison: If we were to use one sand grain per bit for the storage of our data, the 40
zettabytes of data volume would correspond to 57 times the amount of sand grains of all beaches around the world.
73 % of of adults who go online in the US use social networking sites, sharing nearly 2
zettabytes of data online per year.
Not exact matches
You might have heard: the global data supply reached 2.8
zettabytes (ZB) in 2012, and yet only 0.5 %
of it is being analyzed.
While in 2015, it accounted for 8
zettabytes, the IDC study «Digital Universe» forecasts an increase
of up to 40
zettabytes by the year 2020.
IDC forecasts that by 2025, the global datasphere will grow exponentially to 163
zettabytes (that's 163 trillion gigabytes)-- ten times the 16.1 ZB
of data generated in 2016.
Some estimates predict the volume
of digital data will reach 44
Zettabytes by 2020.
The total data accumulated in the past two years - a
Zettabyte - eclipses the previous record
of human civilization.
The UEFI firmware can boot from drives
of 2.2 TB or larger — in fact, the theoretical limit is 9.4
zettabytes.