Data & storage

Just how much data is 10 exabytes?

Global scale

10 EB

1 × 10¹⁹ Bbytes
1 × 10¹⁰ GBgigabytes
9.3132 × 10⁹ GiBgibibytes
10,000,000 TBterabytes
Linear measure
BYTES OF DATA10 EB1 EB
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10 exabytes10 EBData · definition
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An exabyte archive1 EBData · example
Bar length represents bytes. The physical sizes of devices are schematic; encoding and compression affect file sizes.

A little perspective

10 exabytes has about 10 times the data of An exabyte archive.

Measurements, assumptions & sources +

10 exabytes

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.

NIST — SI conversion factors

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.

Measurement details

Why these numbers?

The visual compares data with data. The records below preserve each value’s basis and caveats.

10 exabytes

10 EB

Data · 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.

An exabyte archive

1 EB

Data · example

A defined 1 EB decimal data amount; no claim about a named service.

Comparing
Data ↔ Data
Relative size
10 exabytes is larger on this measurement by a factor of about 10. 10 exabytes's selected measurement is approximately 900% greater than An exabyte archive's.

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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.

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