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How Heavy Is a Petabyte?

Posted by timothy on from the but-electrons-don't-weigh-anything dept.

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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  1. Re:Minimum mass of a Petabyte by davek · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's exactly what I've been wondering for years: how to connect computer software to physics equations. For example, it seems to me like a "full" drive seems to physically weigh more than a blank one, sort of like a full battery is noticeably heavier than an empty one. I thought that's what the article was about, but instead it was just a bunch of graphics about how many libraries-of-congress can fit in the titanic.

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