How large is 150 petabytes?

http://mattgarner.net/uploads/info_h...utlook_Web.jpg

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

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

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

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

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Originally Posted by e5

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

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Been used for years in all sorts :)

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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Haha ;)

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

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

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Originally Posted by Catchy

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

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It doesn't say that.

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