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It's about 400 times as much as a Walmart's Mainframe
The amount of a Walmart's Mainframe is about 0.450 petabytes.
(a.k.a. Wal-Mart, a.k.a. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc) (2004 figures)
As of 2004, Walmart had accumulated nearly 460 terabytes of data about its customers, inventory, products, and sales. According to some estimates, the total area of all Walmart stores in the United States measures 64,000,000 sq. m.
It's about 750 times as much as Pandora
The amount of Pandora is about 0.240 petabytes.
(a.k.a. Pandora Radio) (2011 figures)
Pandora, the online radio and song recommendation service, stores 0.240 petabytes of music. Its music recommendation service categorizes each song in its library using 400 attributes and 2,000 attribute combinations.
It's about 1,000 times as much as The IRS Compliance Database
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The amount of The IRS Compliance Database is about 0.150 petabytes.
(a.k.a. Internal Revenue Service) (2006 figures)
The United States Internal Revenue Service's compliance database holds more than 0.150 petabytes of data on tax returns and other records. Each year of tax records occupies between 0.017 petabytes.
It's about 1,500 times as much as Despicable Me
The amount of Despicable Me is about 0.1390 petabytes.
(2010) (Production data)
The 2010 digitally-animated film Despicable Me was developed by Illumination Entertainment and Mac Guff Ligne and used 0.1390 petabytes. The film had a running time of 95 minutes.
It's about 1,500 times as much as The Hubble Telescope
The amount of The Hubble Telescope is about 0.120 petabytes.
(a.k.a. Hubble Space Telescope, a.k.a. HST) (2008 figures)
Between its launch in 1990 and 2008, the Hubble Space Telescope gathered 0.120 petabytes of images and other data about astronomical phenomena. Last upgraded during a service mission in 1999, the onboard computer of the Hubble Telescope has just 0.00000000190 petabytes of operating memory (RAM) — less than most smartphones.
It's about 2,000 times as much as The LHC Data Generated per Second
The amount of The LHC Data Generated per Second is about 0.09 petabytes.
(a.k.a. Large Hadron Collider) (2008 figures)
Capturing millions of measurements per second on millions of subatomic particles, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) facility in Geneva generates 0.10 petabytes of data every second. Data collection arrays are placed throughout the LHC's 8.6 km (5.3 mi) circular track.
It's about 2,500 times as much as The Google Earth database
The amount of The Google Earth database is about 0.0688 petabytes.
(2006 figures) (raw imagery and indexes storage)
As of 2006, Google was storing 0.0688 petabytes of raw image and index data for its satellite photo and virtual globe application, Google Earth. The application offers high resolution satellite imagery of 60% of the populated areas of the world, according to 2010 estimates.
It's about 4,500 times as much as The Amazon.com's databases
The amount of The Amazon.com's databases is about 0.0413236 petabytes.
(largest databases only; 2005 figures)
Amazon.com maintains information on the millions of items sold on it's e-Commerce website and the websites of its affiliate companies, as well as information on customer orders and browsing history, and excerpts from nearly a quarter-billion books in databases totaling an estimated 0.0423154 petabytes of data. Amazon.com receives over 615 million visits to its US website each year.
It's about 30,000 times as much as a Gap, Inc. Customer Database
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The amount of a Gap, Inc. Customer Database is about 0.007 petabytes.
(a.k.a. The GAP Companies, a.k.a. Gap) (2012 figures)
The GAP Inc., the corporate parent of GAP store, Old Navy, and Banana Republic, has accumulated over 0.007 petabytes of data on almost a billion customers. The GAP, Inc remains the largest apparel retailer in the United States and was the largest in the world from the mid-1990s until about 2008.
It's about 45,000 times as much as Watson
The amount of Watson is about 0.0039 petabytes.
(data store only)
Watson, the IBM supercomputer famous for competing against humans on the televised trivia game show Jeopardy!, utilizes 0.0039 petabytes of variously-structured data to formulate answers. While "thinking", Watson processes about 0.00048 petabytes of data per second.
It's about one-two-hundred-fifty-thousandth as much as All Spoken Words in Human History (recorded)
The amount of All Spoken Words in Human History (recorded) is about 44,000,000 petabytes.
(2003 figures) (assumes 16 Khz, 16-bit mono recording)
Criticizing a 2002 estimate of 5,100 petabytes, linguist and University of Pennsylvania professor Mark Liberman asserted that it would actually require 44,000,000 petabytes to house a recording of all speech in human history, even at a relatively low level of quality. For the purposes of his calculations, Liberman estimated the total duration of such a project to include 416,390,367 years of continuous audio.
It's about 1,000,000 times as much as an iPod
The amount of an iPod is about 0.000153 petabytes.
(a.k.a. Apple iPod) (2010 figures; for iPod classic, sixth generation)
A sixth-generation, iPod classic MP3 player offers a storage capacity of 0.000153 petabytes. Data is stored in the unit's hard drive, a 5,400 RPM SATA drive, which measures about 30 sq. cm (5 sq. in)
It's about 3,500,000 times as much as Wikipedia
The amount of Wikipedia is about 0.0000500 petabytes.
(2009 figures) (all languages)
As of 2009, Wikipedia held 0.0000510 petabytes of publicly written and edited encyclopedia articles on 14.5 million subjects as well as associated commentary and discussion. Wikipedia is among the ten most popular websites on the Internet and the only non-profit entity in that group.
It's about 4,000,000 times as much as a Blu-ray Disc
The amount of a Blu-ray Disc is about 0.0000470 petabytes.
(a.k.a. BD) (dual-layer; Blu-ray disc)
A typical Blu-ray disc will hold 0.0000480 petabytes of data. The increase in capacity versus a standard DVD is possible because of the smaller wavelength of blue light — 405 nanometers instead of 650 nanometers for the red laser light used in a DVD.
It's about 40,000,000 times as much as a DVD
The amount of a DVD is about 0.00000450 petabytes.
(a.k.a. digital video disc) (single-side, single-layer; DVD-5 specification)
A typical capacity digital video disc will hold 0.00000450 petabytes of data. Such disks are 1.2 mm (0.047 in) thick.
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