1 petabyte
1 PBData · definition
Decimal kB, MB and GB use powers of 1,000. KiB, MiB and GiB use powers of 1,024. The content of a file depends on encoding and compression.
Data & storage
Just how much data is 1 petabyte?
Archives
1 PB
1 × 10¹⁵ Bbytes
1,000,000 GBgigabytes
931,320 GiBgibibytes
1,000 TBterabytes
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1 petabyte1 PBData · definition
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A petabyte archive1 PBData · example
Bar length represents bytes. The physical sizes of devices are schematic; encoding and compression affect file sizes.
A little perspective
1 petabyte and A petabyte archive have approximately the same data.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
1 petabyte
Decimal kB, MB and GB use powers of 1,000. KiB, MiB and GiB use powers of 1,024. The content of a file depends on encoding and compression.
A petabyte archive
A defined 1 PB archive before replication or redundancy overhead.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked data is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Measurement details
Why these numbers?
The visual compares data with data. The records below preserve each value’s basis and caveats.
A petabyte archive
1 PBData · example
A defined 1 PB archive before replication or redundancy overhead.
- Comparing
- Data ↔ Data
- Relative size
- The two selected measurements are approximately equal.
How to read the visual
The labelled spans and stored measurements determine the scale; unmeasured illustration details do not.
- A petabyte archive is labelled example; treat the displayed value as a comparison anchor rather than false precision.
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