Data is Growing at a Veracious Rate

Data is Growing at a Veracious Rate

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Reference Facts: “Prediction: The cost for 128 kilobytes of memory will fall below U$100 in the near future.” Creative Computing magazine December 1981, page 6  Using current 1 terabyte drives, it would take ~ 1 million data centers (completely covering Delaware and Rhode Island) to store a Yottabyte. However, if switched to the densest currently available consumer media (200GB memory cards) it would take up less space than an Egyptian pyramid. 5 Exabytes: All words ever spoken by human beings - Global annual IP traffic will equal ~ 1 zettabyte by end of 2016