An exabyte archive
An exabyte archive is a digital storage system capable of holding extremely large datasets, often used by major organisations or data centres.
1 EBDataEveryday quantities
An exabyte archive vs A zettabyte of data
What are they, and what does the difference actually look like?
Two things. One honest scale.
Meet the pair
What these two things are
A zettabyte of data
A zettabyte of data is a term used to describe an immense quantity of digital information, often in the context of global data generation or storage.
1 ZBDataA zettabyte of data has about 1,000 times the data of An exabyte archive.
01
An exabyte archive1 EBData
02
A zettabyte of data1 ZBData
Bar length represents bytes. The physical sizes of devices are schematic; encoding and compression affect file sizes.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
An exabyte archive
A defined 1 EB decimal data amount; no claim about a named service.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked data is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
A zettabyte of data
A defined 1 ZB decimal amount. Data generated, transferred and stored are different quantities.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked data is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Change the comparison
Put something else beside it.
Measurement details
Why these numbers?
The visual compares data with data. The records below preserve each value’s basis and caveats.
An exabyte archive
1 EBData · example
A defined 1 EB decimal data amount; no claim about a named service.
A zettabyte of data
1 ZBData · example
A defined 1 ZB decimal amount. Data generated, transferred and stored are different quantities.
- Comparing
- Data ↔ Data
- Relative size
- A zettabyte of data is larger on this measurement by a factor of about 1,000.
How to read the visual
The labelled spans and stored measurements determine the scale; unmeasured illustration details do not.
- An exabyte archive is labelled example; treat the displayed value as a comparison anchor rather than false precision.
- A zettabyte of data is labelled example; treat the displayed value as a comparison anchor rather than false precision.
There’s always another scale
Follow your curiosity.
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.DigitalA zettabyte of data1 ZBA zettabyte of data is a term used to describe an immense quantity of digital information, often in the context of global data generation or storage.
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
Another point of view.
