How large is 150 petabytes?

[xxMATTGxx]

http://mattgarner.net/uploads/info_hotmailoutlook_Web.jpg

[Kardan]

I thought you were asking the question, and I was going to answer it and also be surprised that you didn't know yourself :P

[Aiden]

oh my that is a lot of data :O Kardan's sig explains my face atm

[Zak]

6 Mount Everests.... now that is cool!!!

[e5]

That is a hell of a lot of data haha! What a weird name to give it :P

[Kardan]

That is a hell of a lot of data haha! What a weird name to give it :P

Been used for years in all sorts :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

[xxMATTGxx]

I thought you were asking the question, and I was going to answer it and also be surprised that you didn't know yourself :P

Haha ;)

[Calum0812]

Very interesting. Love the way it is put into perspective ;)

[Catchy]

What I don't understand is what was the need to upgrade every1 to that :S who on earth would even get close...

[AgnesIO]

What I don't understand is what was the need to upgrade every1 to that :S who on earth would even get close...

It doesn't say that.

It says there was 150pb of data to move from hotmail to outlook - as in EVERY users stuff

[Alex3213]

I thought you were asking the question, and I was going to answer it and also be surprised that you didn't know yourself :P

I was thinking exactly the same :P

Quite fascinating though, some nice comparisons. :)

[Catchy]

It doesn't say that.

It says there was 150pb of data to move from hotmail to outlook - as in EVERY users stuff

My bad! Thought it seemed a bit strange

[Chippiewill]

Been used for years in all sorts :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Byte's aren't metric ;)

[AgnesIO]

My bad! Thought it seemed a bit strange

Aha indeed :L

If they were giving users space they would be better saying 150,000,000 gigabytes to every user (afterall, no not geeks would have a clue about petabytes aha :P)

[Catchy]

Aha indeed :L

If they were giving users space they would be better saying 150,000,000 gigabytes to every user (afterall, no not geeks would have a clue about petabytes aha :P)

this would be scottish;'s dream

[Kardan]

Byte's aren't metric ;)

I was just on about the prefix peta, not bytes :P

[Chippiewill]

I was just on about the prefix peta, not bytes :P
Seems a bit silly to use something which usually stands for 10^15 to mean 1024^5.

[Mr-Trainor]

Had never even heard of petabytes until now :P.

[Daltron]

wow :o

[Bradley.]

WELL ISN'T THAT AMAZING!!