The data size of an exabyte archive is about 1,000 times the data size of a petabyte archive. Selected basis: an example for A petabyte archive; an example for An exabyte archive; approximate values.
BYTES OF DATA
Too small to see at this scale; the bar has not been widened.
Bar length represents bytes. The physical sizes of devices are schematic; encoding and compression affect file sizes.
1 PB - Data; example.
A petabyte archive is a digital storage system designed to retain very large collections of data for long-term access.
A defined 1 PB archive before replication or redundancy overhead.
Defined examples — our methodology1 EB - Data; example.
An exabyte archive is a digital storage system capable of holding extremely large datasets, often used by major organisations or data centres.
A defined 1 EB decimal data amount; no claim about a named service.
Defined examples — our methodology
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DigitalA petabyte archive1 PBA petabyte archive is a digital storage system designed to retain very large collections of data for long-term access.
DigitalAn exabyte archive1 EBAn exabyte archive is a digital storage system capable of holding extremely large datasets, often used by major organisations or data centres.
DigitalText page3 kBA digital file containing one page of plain text characters without formatting or embedded fonts.
DigitalCompressed photo3 MBA compressed photo is a digital image file that has been processed to reduce the amount of data needed to store or transmit it.Digital128 GB phone128 GBPhone storage is the digital memory in a mobile phone used to keep apps, photos, videos and other files.Digital1 TB drive1 TBA one-terabyte drive is a digital storage device capable of holding large amounts of computer data, such as documents, media and software.Side by side
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