How Heavy Is a Petabyte?

Jon Morgan writes "Whilst heaving around numerous data storage systems to sell (they weigh A LOT!), we got to wondering: How heavy is a Petabyte of data storage? Our best guess is 365KG, which is 6 million times lighter than in 1980! But is there a lighter way to store a Petabyte?"

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library of congress

[SoupGuru]

How heavy is a Library of Congress?

Re:library of congress

[Smidge204]

If we take a book to have approximately 7000 BTU per pound when incinerated (newsprint is about 7,500) then we get 437.5 BTU per ounce.

So 1 LoC = 14,000,000,000 BTU or 14,770 gigajoules.

Finally! A heat unit LoC equivalent!
=Smidge=

Re:library of congress

[Cryacin]

What if we want a silly answer?

There's always dig.

Need conversion to units of Libraries of Congress

[AcidPenguin9873]

What are these Petabytes of which you speak? America measures data in units of Libraries of Congress.

Cloud computing

[Sta7ic]

Just stick the petabyte on the cloud! Clouds are as light as air!

(why yes, I am from Marketing, why do you ask?)

Re:It depends..

[IHawkMike]

Here's an interesting discussion on the topic ;)

Already answered

[slasho81]

This subject has already been discussed.

Re:Cloud computing-Clouds in Elephant Units

[rjhubs]

and all of this sits upon a tortoise? Amazing!

Re:Cloud computing-Clouds in Elephant Units

[cerberusss]

No, not just one. It's tortoises all the way down, young man.