World's Data to Reach 1.8 Zettabytes by 2011

SRTDodge05 · 03-13-2008, 03:12 PM

IDC predicts the world's population to produce a total of 1,800,000,000 terabytes in 2011

The digital world is stretching by the seams as more data is being archived than ever before. Consumers are storing their lives on to hard drives at home in the form of digital pictures, digital video and everything in between while the enterprise domain is converting all of its paper file cabinets into digital file cabinets, eating up storage server after storage server and the size of this archived data isn't getting any smaller.

A recent study done by the IDC puts the total amount of data stored throughout the world today in numbers. Last years total data weighed in at approximately 281 exabytes, or 281,000,000 terabytes, which is about a 56% increase over the previous year's 180 exabyte data count.

However, according to IDC, the world's data will reach an astounding 1.80 zettabytes in 2011, about 10 times the data stored in 2006.

DailyTech - World's Data to Reach 1.8 Zettabytes by 2011

Bofinn · 03-14-2008, 08:46 AM

I think we're gonna need a few more zip disks to back this stuff up!

**k0NG0** · 03-14-2008, 09:16 AM

It's mostly porn.

FightingChance · 03-14-2008, 12:04 PM

Luckily I have a 2 Zettabye thumb drive.

03-13-2008, 03:12 PM	#1
SRTDodge05 Grab Life By The Balls Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,835	World's Data to Reach 1.8 Zettabytes by 2011 IDC predicts the world's population to produce a total of 1,800,000,000 terabytes in 2011 The digital world is stretching by the seams as more data is being archived than ever before. Consumers are storing their lives on to hard drives at home in the form of digital pictures, digital video and everything in between while the enterprise domain is converting all of its paper file cabinets into digital file cabinets, eating up storage server after storage server and the size of this archived data isn't getting any smaller. A recent study done by the IDC puts the total amount of data stored throughout the world today in numbers. Last years total data weighed in at approximately 281 exabytes, or 281,000,000 terabytes, which is about a 56% increase over the previous year's 180 exabyte data count. However, according to IDC, the world's data will reach an astounding 1.80 zettabytes in 2011, about 10 times the data stored in 2006. DailyTech - World's Data to Reach 1.8 Zettabytes by 2011 Last edited by SRTDodge05; 03-13-2008 at 03:22 PM..
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03-14-2008, 08:46 AM	#2
Bofinn I'm gettin' dizzy! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 11,064	Re: World's Data to Reach 1.8 Zettabytes by 2011 I think we're gonna need a few more zip disks to back this stuff up! __________________ ---------- JimBo ----------- When in doubt, smack it!
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03-14-2008, 09:16 AM	#3
k0NG0 Remembering TQ Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sweden Posts: 13,750	Re: World's Data to Reach 1.8 Zettabytes by 2011 It's mostly porn. __________________ Use Firefox - "the one that blocks all the schmutz" Feeling multicore elation? Remember this correlation: Amdahl's Law.
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03-14-2008, 12:04 PM	#4
FightingChance Yes, I am better than you Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 4,068	Re: World's Data to Reach 1.8 Zettabytes by 2011 Luckily I have a 2 Zettabye thumb drive.
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