Comments on: Physical Storage vs. Digital Storage

By: Gonzalo Álvarez Marañón

Gonzalo Álvarez Marañón — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:29:08 +0000

Very creative way of representing visually such vast amounts of data.

By: Math

Math — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:44:34 +0000

The average of 60, 120, 180, 340, and 400 is 220. Could be the source of that number.

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:59:16 +0000

The MacBook Pro is listed with “entry-level” in italics, as if to emphasize. Can we realize here that 1) No Apple product is entry level, 2) If we were going to pick an entry level computer from Apple, it would be the MacBook, not the MacBook Pro, 3) Most people in the country cannot afford a MacBook (much less a Pro), 4) Apple is NOT the industry leader, and does not attempt to be.

For a standalone institution such as Mozy, I am incredibly disappointed to see such an absurd support for Apple products.

By: design

design — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:42:24 +0000

VHS = 3.5 hours? Never heard of a 210 min tape before. Only seen 60, 120, 180, 340 and 400 min tapes. Of course that is only blank tapes, pre-recorded stuff would be cut to the length of the movie.

By: imbusy

imbusy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:52:26 +0000

Nothing about the recording quality was mentioned. In that case a Blu-ray disk is the same size as a DVD, instead of being able to store about 10 times more information. This sucked.

By: fionn

fionn — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:23:22 +0000

Looking at the backups at Wikipedia — they only take just over 3 Terrabytes. That’s a lot of current knowledge in a very small space.

By: Kevin H

Kevin H — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:31:15 +0000

Now with zooming!

http://seadragon.com/view/ahg

By: hey

hey — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:50:54 +0000

Nice giant ad for your site…

the info is already free though

By: Jennifer Schaffner

Jennifer Schaffner — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:46:51 +0000

This is great. I suppose the hard part, though, is figuring out how much it will cost to preserve all the good digital data and migrate it forward. Work so far indicates that real digital preservation will cost staggering amounts.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:29:36 +0000

Excellent chart. Gives a great visualization of what data actually is!

As per the mac references, they’re FINE! The whole objective is to give the average consumer a reference point. EVERYONE’S heard of the iPod, it’s not a big deal. WHO CARES?!

Maybe the PC people are just jealous that they don’t hold a candle against Apple when it comes to consumer brand-name recognition.