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A Yottabyte of Storage Per Year by 2013

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-bits-please dept.

Lucas123 writes "David Roberson, general manager of Hewlett-Packard's StorageWorks division, predicts that by 2013 the storage industry will be shipping a yottabyte (a billion gigabytes) of storage capacity annually. Roberson made the comment in conjunction with HP introducing a new rack system that clusters together four blade servers and three storage arrays with 820TB of capacity. Many vendors are moving toward this kind of platform, including IBM, with its recent acquisition of Israeli startup XIV, according to Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Mark Peters."

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  1. In a Galaxay Close to Home by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Impressed, you will be.

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    1. Re:In a Galaxay Close to Home by dreamchaser · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think they should use 'Lottabyte' instead.

    2. Re:In a Galaxay Close to Home by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      How about nomnomnombyte?

    3. Re:In a Galaxay Close to Home by errxn · · Score: 3, Funny

      Personally, I'm partial to "shitload."

      Usage:
      Q: "How much hard drive space is on that box?"
      A: "Ah, no worries, it has a shitload of space on it."

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    4. Re:In a Galaxay Close to Home by TheoMurpse · · Score: 3, Funny

      4channers, run on home. Slashdot is for big boys and girls.

  2. I'm waiting until 2015 by WheresMyDingo · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I can say "I have a lotta yottabytes"

  3. The new term by nuzak · · Score: 3, Funny

    Under the new regime, wouldn't that be a "Yobibyte" or something similarly idiotic?

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  4. Re:Ha Ha have any of you jokers noticed by starglider29a · · Score: 4, Funny

    yotta yotta yotta...

  5. Re:Finally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was getting concerned, it took over 10 minutes for someone to reference porn.

  6. So confused by UnknowingFool · · Score: 4, Funny

    This new unit of data confuses me. I only think of data sizes in terms of Library of Congresses (LOCs), mass in terms of stones, and lengths in terms of horse hands. Now get off my lawn!

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  7. Shit by Ariastis · · Score: 3, Funny

    This means I have to find a whole lot more porn if I want to keep up...

  8. Yottabyte Fhtagn by spun · · Score: 4, Funny

    What, didn't you know Yottabyte was a Great Old One? First cousin of Nyarlothep, half brother of Shub Niggurath. Described as a multidimensional vortex of spinning disks emitting a terrible screeching, Yottabyte records the souls of the damned.

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    1. Re:Yottabyte Fhtagn by The+Redster! · · Score: 3, Funny

      ... and everybody say... "Yotta!"

  9. Re:A billion gigabytes? by Gilmoure · · Score: 3, Funny

    I like to break out my Dec. 1986 copy of MacWorld and look at the prices for hard drives and RAM back then. Oh man, if I had a time machine, I scoop up a butt-load (metric) of 30 pin 1 MB SIMMS and live like a king.

    In 1986.

    Good gravy, I remember the music and pants back then.

    Nooooooooo!

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  10. Re:It's still not enough by m.ducharme · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh come on, 640 yottabytes should be enough for anybody....

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  11. Re:Recycling by Kattana · · Score: 4, Funny

    And sometimes much more quickly that you would care to know.