The data size of a petabyte archive is about 1,000 times the data size of a 1 TB drive. Selected basis: an example for 1 TB drive; an example for A petabyte 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 TB - Data; example.
A one-terabyte drive is a digital storage device capable of holding large amounts of computer data, such as documents, media and software.
One trillion advertised bytes: approximately 931 GiB. This is not a loss of physical storage.
Defined examples — our methodology1 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 methodology
There’s always another scale
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.
DigitalA petabyte archive1 PBA petabyte archive is a digital storage system designed to retain very large collections of data for long-term access.
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.Side by side
Illustrative artwork · not to scale
Illustrative artwork · not to scale
Illustrative artwork · not to scale
Illustrative artwork · not to scaleGot a good eye for scale?